Overview

• Nicholas Joseph Gutierrez has been indicted by a grand jury on charges including vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and reckless driving, causing serious injury to nine law enforcement recruits.
• Gutierrez pleaded not guilty to the charges and is scheduled to appear in court on February 9 for a pretrial conference.
• The incident occurred during a training run in November 2022, when Gutierrez allegedly drove in the wrong direction and hit a group of about 75 recruits.
• One of the recruits, Alejandro Martinez-Inzunza, died eight months later from his injuries.
• Gutierrez, who showed no signs of impairment at the time of the incident, claims he fell asleep at the wheel.