Police & Fire Transient Shot By Dublin Officer Was Known by Residents
By Erika Conner, Dublin Patch.
Police have released the name of the man killed after attacking a Dublin police officer.
The man shot to death after he attacked a Dublin police officer Thursday morning is a transient who is well-known by local residents and police.
According to Lt. Linda Thuman of the Dublin Police Department, Daryl Podborny was shot and killed at 1:30 a.m. Thursday by an officer responding to a suspicious person report.
Alameda County Sheriff’s spokesman J.D. Nelson said the man is well-known in Dublin and has a criminal history.
“He’s been arrested many times, mostly for fighting, drunkenness,” said Nelson.
Dublin Patch readers quickly thought that the man who was shot could be the transient they knew as “Daryl.”
“I also thought first of Daryl, as I know that area is where he sometimes sleeps, and I hope it wasn’t him,” one reader noted.
Readers who knew him said they were surprised that he would be involved in such violence. Police said Podborny beat and kicked the officer who shot him, bloodying her head.
“Daryl didn’t seem of the violent type. My family has been feeding him and bringing him socks for years now,” commented one reader.
The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office will be conducting an investigation into the shooting. The sheriff’s office provides contract police services to the city of Dublin.
The injured officer was taken to Eden Hospital, but was released mid-morning and is expected to recover.
If anyone has information regarding this incident, you are asked to contact investigative Sgt. N. Schmidt at 925-833-6682.
