‘You don’t understand how f***** my brain is’: Police report details troubling history of San Jose cop charged with reckless shootings

SAN JOSE Sitting before a Morgan Hill police detective the San Jose police veteran wasn t interested in talking about charges that he drunkenly fired his gun inside the home of his ex-girlfriend last week Timothy Lee Faye a -year member of the San Jose Police Department instead chose to unleash a volley of profanities to mock the official interrogation F ing leave it alone and just walk the f away Faye disclosed according to a police account accompanying two felony reckless shooting charges filed against him last week In the wake of Faye s June arrest during which police say Faye established obvious signs of intoxication colleagues in the police department recounted this news organization that Faye s alcohol abuse was well known and flagged to supervisors multiple times over a span of several years They described him as a expected liability for the department in addition to suggesting he enter rehabilitation and restoration they questioned whether he should remain in patrol and other roles that entail regular public contact Those calls they say went unheeded by police brass In response to an inquiry the police department reported in a message that we take these charges extremely seriously but declined to respond to any specific suggests Due to the ongoing nature of the criminal and administrative proceedings we are limited in what we can share at this time However we can affirm that when concerns are brought forward regarding any officer s conduct the department follows established procedures and protocols to assess and address those concerns appropriately the announcement reads The department added We recognize the importance of residents trust and transparency and we remain committed to accountability due process and the safety and well-being of our region Our responsibility to uphold the residents s trust guides our response and we will act in accordance with the facts and the law During his police interview in Morgan Hill Faye maintained a defiant tone including when Detective Kyle Tolentino inquired Faye about a bullet fragment recovered from his pants pocket a bullet police say was embedded with carpeting from the apartment where the gunfire was stated So I had a f ing spent bullet in my f ing pocket Faye revealed according to the detective s account Yeah I did Because I like that bullet Faye also apparently tried to pull rank on his interrogator In the police record Tolentino wrote Faye would compare his plus years of his law enforcement experience and inquire on my lesser years of experience so that he could point out the disparity between the two After making yet another demand for Tolentino to leave Faye ended the interview by asking for an attorney but not before quoting a line uttered by rapper Ice Cube in the movie Friday I m done Like bye Felicia Faye reportedly revealed I want a f ing lawyer How about that Get the f out of here F ing leave me alone Faye is being held in the Santa Clara County Main Jail and faces two felony counts of willful discharge of a firearm with gross negligence in the South Bay He could also face a misdemeanor child abuse charge in Monterey County stemming from a June allegation he assaulted his fianc e s -year-old daughter by grabbing her by the hair and holding on for at least seconds The police overview reveals detailed accounts of Faye s struggles with severe alcoholism and indications of post-traumatic stress from his police work Faye alluded to the latter in another profane tirade against the detective Like dude I f ing killed two people he revealed according to the police summary Like you don t understand how f ed my train is So stop talking to me like I m a f ing child Like do you want me to tell you go f yourself like another time Or can we just be done Faye was one of two officers who shot and killed -year-old Thompson Nguyen who was roaming the grounds of the Metcalf Strength Center while carrying an ax in January The shooting was examined in a two-year examination by this news organization on the police using serious and deadly force on mentally ill and intoxicated people Nguyen had a history of mental illness and was experiencing a psychiatric predicament when he was killed He was also one of two officers who shot and killed -year-old Edrian Rivera in August after Rivera reportedly confronted them while holding a meat cleaver Rivera was being sought in the stabbing moments earlier of a man he accused of being rival gang member according to officials Faye is set to return to court Wednesday where he is expected to be arraigned with a new attorney after the county society defender s office declared a conflict at an initial court hearing last Friday He is presently being held in the Santa Clara County Main Jail without bail after Judge Robert Foley revoked his bail at that same hearing The earlier arrest in Monterey might have gone unnoticed by the broader society if not for what he did afterward On June after taking refuge in the Morgan Hill home of an ex-girlfriend he was intoxicated as she notified police he often was and was holding his handgun He was despondent over the arrest and its likely impact on his police career and with the handgun out suggested that the woman could just pull the trigger for him according to the analysis As the woman was preparing to the leave the residence out of fear for her safety she recounted police that she heard a loud gunshot from the bedroom and that she inferred that Timothy had just shot himself but upon entering the bedroom located Faye lying on the bed alive staring up at the ceiling She left and called police soon after Morgan Hill police officers went to the residence and unsuccessfully tried to call him on his phone The officers contacted SJPD administrators to come up with a plan to make contact with Faye who stayed in the home overnight Related Articles PG E is hiring an executive bodyguard Combat shooting experience required Golden State Warriors help transform lives of incarcerated men through coaching undertaking Oakland stablehand gets years for manslaughter East Bay police release video of officer shooting carjacking suspect in San Jose San Jose police announce arrest in fatal shooting At a few point the next day Faye is thought to have driven his Chevy Tahoe to a local Safeway and left the wagon there then got a ride to a nearby Chick-Fil-A restaurant Morgan Hill special-operations officers caught up to Faye in the restaurant parking lot and arrested him according to the police assessment At the time of his arrest police described him as having slurred speech watery eyes an unsteady gait and the odor of alcohol In subsequent interviews the woman revealed that at several point in the past two years while she was dating Faye he drunkenly fired a shot into her bedroom closet in the same home Police corroborated that shooting after recovering a bullet embedded in the drywall which had been patched and repaired resulting in a second shooting charge Faye was reportedly irate at the fact that special-operations officers were assigned to take him into custody and cited his own special-operations experience to Tolentino Dude that was f ed up Like I m just f ing chilling at f ing Chick-Fil-A Faye declared according to the detective In addition to remanding Faye to jail Judge Foley also issued a protective order for his ex-girlfriend According to the district attorney s office Faye faces a maximum of three years in prison for each shooting count Court records as of Monday manifested no charges had been filed in Monterey County for the child abuse allegation