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PEORIA, Ariz. – A delivery driver defended himself by firing a gun when a man with a baseball bat came after him in Peoria<\/a> early Thursday morning, the police department said.<\/p>\n What we know:<\/p>\n The Jan. 8 incident happened just before 7 a.m. near Vistancia Boulevard and Lone Mountain Road<\/a>.<\/p>\n “Preliminary information indicates that a delivery driver was confronted by an individual in the area. During the encounter, the individual exited his vehicle and swung a baseball bat at the driver. The driver attempted to use pepper spray, which was ineffective, and then discharged a firearm in self-defense as the individual attempted to assault the driver with the bat,” Peoria Police said.<\/p>\n After looking at surveillance footage, officers identified Phoenix resident, Osley Puente-Marquez, 40, as the suspect with the baseball bat. He was arrested and is accused of several felonies, including aggravated assault, disorderly conduct with a weapon and forgery.<\/p>\n The delivery driver wasn’t struck by the gunfire.<\/p>\n What we don’t know:<\/p>\n Police didn’t say which company the delivery driver worked for. He also wasn’t identified.<\/p>\n What you can do:<\/p>\n “The Peoria Police Department reminds community members to remain aware of their surroundings and report suspicious or threatening behavior immediately. If confronted with a potentially dangerous situation, prioritize your safety and avoid confrontation when possible. Call 911 promptly so officers can respond and help prevent situations from escalating,” police said.<\/p>\n Map of the area where the incident happened<\/a><\/p>\n Crime and Public Safety<\/a>Peoria<\/a>News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article PEORIA, Ariz. – A delivery driver defended himself by firing a gun when a man with a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512365,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[646,5,11168,33604,169,8823,609],"class_list":["post-512364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-az","tag-baseball","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-maricopa-county","tag-news","tag-peoria","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115862679423250607","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}