Innocent victim killed during OPD pursuit while on his way to work identified

Box two candles tonight in honor of an Oakland man killed in a crash involving a suspect who was being pursued by police. My heart is with you guys. Um I wish I. Would have been able to help. I wish I could do something, but I was inside my house and you know I was out of my control. A man called hardworking by friends caught up in a deadly police pursuit while on his way to work it evening, everyone I'm Mike Mibach Julie Julie Haener tonight. KTVU is Jana Katsuyama spoke with family and friends and she joins us now in studio. Janna What have you learned? Julian Mike, This is really so heartbreaking. Just hearing from the family about this person that they lost today who was just on his way to work. I want to just let you know what the family says tonight. They say that their loved one Augustine. Cortisol. Was the worker. He's They say he was the life of the party and would fill any room he stepped into with positive energy. They say that it is with deep sorrow. We are public. He was a charismatic individual who would take his clothes off his back and the food office plate to give you what he needs what you need, he said. He was very big on family, and he had quite a large family here in Oakland, two brothers who worked at the same place where he did as well as nephew. Views and other people. They say may he rest in peace because although he has gone he will not be forgotten. Many of those family members and the friends heartbroken tonight at this loss. Early Monday morning. Neighbors in Oakland say they were shocked to hear a loud crash. Big bang right where we are. I'm like, What the heck does somebody doesn't hit my door or something? Oakland Police say they've been chasing a suspect in a silver Honda sedan. The suspect's car crashed into a red pickup truck. I saw like 10 cops with their guns out. Pointing pointing to a male and he had his hands up and he just surrendered. But the driver of the truck was killed in the crash. Neighbors say they heard the sound of the truck's horn blaring from the weight of the victim's body. On the steering column. Friends and co workers say that innocent victim was Augustine Coyote Oh 44 year old Oakland resident who was killed on his way to work at Bayview Environmental Services, just one block away. Coworkers say Toyota had been an employee for more than 20 years. They say he was a good worker, diligent and a generous mentor with several brothers who also worked at the site in line with department policy, the officers involved in the incident. Will be placed on administrative leave. Pending investigation. Oakland police Chief Laurent Armstrong says the chase was approved by supervisors officers spotted the suspect, 23 year old Jonathan Hernandez, getting into his Honda accord and tried to pull him over. But he refused to stop after the crash. Hernandez was arrested at the scene and officers found a gun, police say . Three days earlier, Hernandez into another driver at 73rd and International. Hernandez got out of his vehicle. Threatened the individual by brandishing a firearm and racking the slide at the individual, Local attorney says Oakland Police should review their policies on police chases when the police are doing high speed chases if they are coming into dental areas, they need to cut the chase off a lot of kids in the neighborhood, So it's like Dangerous for the kids and the people in the finger citizens that's around here. And tonight we have learned that police have charged have arrested rather Jonathan Hernandez on charges of suspicion of vehicular manslaughter, evading and gun violations in a chase and a deadly crash. You saw the victim there at the end, Augustine cortisol. A lot of the family and friends say that they are going to be grieving tonight. For his loss reporting live from the studio. Jana Katsuyama KTVU