Location: Type River Reservation, Porterville

Incident Date: 6-14-21

Incident Time: 0800HRS

City: Porterville

Posted by: Media Relations

Tule Reservation Man Leads Police on a Chase Before Being Arrested for Attempted Murder on an Officer

 

Around 8 this morning, 44-year-old Warren Ensign of the Tule Reservation contacted Tule Reservation Police and said he wanted them to shoot him and would not comply with requests to show his hands, if he was asked to. 

Ensign led Reservation Police on a chase throughout the Tule River Reservation in Porterville. During the pursuit, he hit a Tulare County Sheriff’s unit causing minor damage to the patrol car.
 
Ensign then deliberately targeted a parked Reservation Police truck, with the Chief of the Department of Public Safety inside and drove head on into it at a high rate of speed, with injuries. 
 
The Chief of the Department of Public Safety was taken to a local hospital with injuries. 
 
Ensign was tased and taken into custody by a TCSO Deputy.  He was transported to Kaweah Delta Medical Center to be medically cleared, before being booked at the Adult Pre-Trial Facility for Attempted Murder of a Peace Officer. 
 
Anyone with information is urged to contact Detective Matthew Rascon or Sgt. David De La Cruz at the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office at 1-800-808-0488, or anonymously at tcso@tipnow.com or by text or voicemail at 559-725-4194.