DETAILS EMERGE IN DEADLY NAPA COUNTY MARIJUANA GARDEN RAID

A Fresno man who was fatally shot by Napa County drug agents during a
marijuana raid near Lake Berryessa had drawn his own gun but never
fired, authorities said.

Jose Luis Martinez Chavez, 38, refused to comply with shouted orders
from law enforcement before being shot, authorities.

Chavez was one of two men encountered by members of a state-led,
multi-agency task force who had hiked into a pair of rural grows
Wednesday, the Napa County Sheriff's Office said.

The other man, Fresno resident Oswaldo Rivera, 21, was later arrested
for suspected cultivation of marijuana and violation of parole.

Four members of the team entered the garden where they confronted
Chavez and Rivera, authorities said.

Rivera, who was unarmed and ran away, was was apprehended after a
short pursuit, sheriff's Capt. Tracey Stuart said.

But Chavez drew his handgun and refused repeated commands to comply
with law enforcement, Stuart said.

Two agents fired their weapons, one a Napa police officer and the
other a sheriff's deputy, killing Chavez, authorities said.

Both are on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the
investigation into the shooting.

They were identified as Officer Pete Piersig, a five-year member of
the Napa Police force who joined the Special Investigations Bureau in
2007, and sheriff's Deputy Jeremiah Bohlander, a 5 1/2-year member of
the Napa County Sheriff's Office.

Bohlander was assigned to the special unit in January. Piersig
previously was a City of Pinole policeman for 5 1/2 years, the
sheriff's office said.

Overseen by a supervisor from the state Bureau of Narcotics
Enforcement, the eight-member Napa Special Investigations Bureau
includes sheriff's deputies, Napa Police officers and a county
probation officer.

Stuart said the case remained under investigation.