Thursday June 27, 2024
(Photo of the incident courtesy of OPD)
Update: The Oxnard man who was shot and wounded by Oxnard police on May 26 has been released from the hospital and is now in jail. He is facing a series of charges related to that incident, plus an earlier alleged assault on a woman.
27-year-old Isaiah Nichols appeared in court on Thursday to answer charges of attempted murder. The charges were filed by prosecutors in connection with the May 17 incident in which he allegedly tried to kill a woman.
Additionally, the District Attorney’s Office has filed charges of assault on a police officer and displaying a deadly weapon to a police officer in connection with the May 26 incident at Ventura Road and Doris Avenue, in which he allegedly attacked officers with kitchen scissors.
That incident led to the shooting of the officer involved.
Nichols did not enter a plea to the charges on Thursday and the cases were continued until July 25.
He remains in custody and bail has been set at $1.5 million.
Below you can read our story about the police report on the officer-involved shooting and what led up to it.
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Oxnard Police have released a Critical Incident Report of a non-fatal officer involved shooting late on the night of May 26, 2024 at Ventura Road and Doris Avenue.
Officers arrived on the scene after receiving a report that a man was walking in traffic with a pair of scissors.
When officers arrived on scene, they recognized the man as 27-year-old Isaiah Nichols of Oxnard.
They confirmed that he was wanted on an outstanding arrest warrant charging him with attempted murder in a separate incident that occurred on May 17, 2024, in which he allegedly stabbed an adult woman multiple times in the head.
According to police, the earlier incident was captured on security camera footage.
In the latest incident on May 26, Nichols was holding a pair of kitchen scissors and failed to comply with several commands to drop them.
The confrontation made its way to the 500 block of North “N” Street and then back to the original location on Ventura Road.
They say he walked up to the officers and raised the scissors.
Then the officers shot him.
Police say Nichols fell to the ground but wouldn’t let go of the scissors.
They say he has risen again.
The report says officers deployed Tasers and he fell to the ground again and let go of the scissors.
But police say he tried to grab the scissors again and the Taser was deployed a third time.
Ultimately, officers were able to secure the scissors and medical assistance was called.
Nichols survived the incident and continues to be treated in hospital.
Police say when he is eventually released, he will be charged in both incidents.
Here is a link to a YouTube video from the Oxnard Police Department with a chief’s briefing and some of the body camera video from the May 26 incident…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMj-aSJWOkY
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