The man who was shot in Redding by police at the conclusion of a lengthy chase last week faces a long list of charges. The chase started last Tuesday night on Los Gatos Avenue in Shasta Lake City, where 32-year-old Reese Colton Churulich allegedly shot the mother of his child, Arabella Pangelina. The Sheriff’s Office says he fled in a Dodge pickup onto Interstate 5 and sped into Redding, where the chase took a wild route around town. Officers reported during the chase that the driver was firing shots at them. The chase eventually ended at Cypress and Hartnell at around 8:20PM, where a pit maneuver disabled the truck. Churulich allegedly began firing on officers as soon as he got out of the truck, and numerous officers returned gunfire. Churulich is still hospitalized but a criminal complaint was filed on Friday by the District Attorney’s Office charging him with 23 felonies and more than 120 special allegations. His charges include 13 counts of attempted murder for the alleged shooting of Pangelina and the officers he reportedly fired upon during the chase. In a GoFundMe posting Pangelina says she was shot in the back and is now unable to move her legs. She says she expects to recover but it’ll take a lot of time.
-Steve Gibson