Man charged with attempted murder of officer in Inglewood standoff

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The suspect in an eight-hour standoff in Inglewood sits in the back of a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s patrol car. Two females were held hostage after the gunman fired at police officers. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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Inglewood police Officer Joey Zeller evacuates children from a preschool in Inglewood after an officer was shot in a hostage situation. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

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Police officers deploy along 108th Street in Inglewood where a gunman shot one officer before barricading himself inside a house. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

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SWAT officers move into position among residences overlooking 108th Street in Inglewood, where a gunman who had barricaded himself inside a house shot an Inglewood police officer. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

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A police officer takes position along 108th Street in Inglewood where a gunman shot an officer in a hostage standoff. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

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Police snipers take up positions on a nearby roof in Inglewood where a gunman shot an officer. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

By Samantha Schaefer

Dec. 3, 2013 10:32 AM PT

A man who allegedly shot and injured a police officer during a hostage standoff in Inglewood last week was charged Tuesday with multiple counts of attempted murder of a police officer, kidnapping and child abuse.

Christopher Warsaw, 45, was charged with 26 felony counts. They included 10 counts of attempted murder of a peace officer or firefighter, 10 counts of assault on a peace officer with a semiautomatic firearm, one count of kidnapping, one count of child abuse, two counts of false imprisonment of a hostage, one count of possession of a firearm by a felon and one count of making criminal threats, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.

He is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court. If convicted, he faces up to life in prison, prosecutors said.

Warsaw was arrested after allegedly holding his girlfriend and her daughter hostage for more than eight hours.

The standoff began about 12:30 p.m. on Nov. 27 after Warsaw was seen allegedly dragging a screaming girl by her hair outside a residence in the 10700 block of 5th Avenue, police said. When officers arrived, shots were fired from inside the home, according to Inglewood Police Lt. Oscar Mejia. Residents said officers returned fire.

A male Inglewood officer was shot once in the chest but was “saved by his bulletproof vest,” Mejia said. A female officer was injured when she fell while trying to help the wounded officer, according to police. Both were veterans with more than 10 years at the department, Mejia said.

“Fortunately, for all involved, they came out of it relatively OK,” said Inglewood Police Capt. James Madia.

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