(Chico, CA) – To our north in Chico, investigators with both the Chico State & City of Chico Police Departments have identified the suspect wanted in connection with last Friday’s collision into a home on the Esplanade, next to the Museum of California Art, as 24-year-old Jose Guadalope Cervantes-Ayala. He’s identified as the driver who ran from the scene with a passenger, while another passenger needed to be helped by a witness, to get out of the vehicle.

The collision caused an explosion and fire that resulted in the death of an 87-year-old woman on the 2nd floor.