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Salvador Murillo is standing trial on assault charges over an on-duty incident in 2020.

Murillo shot a fleeing robbery suspect in the back, leaving the man instantly paralyzed because of a severed spine.

Murillo testified that he heard gunshots — fired by his police partner on the scene — that made him fear the suspect was armed.

As he sprinted down an alleyway in April 2020, former Whittier Det. Salvador Murillo was convinced he and his fellow officers were under fire.

Murillo, an undercover detective at the time, was chasing a man who had seconds earlier jumped out of a car linked to a robbery. Three gunshots rang out. Murillo said that when he saw the fleeing man, Nicholas Car

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