Manuel A. Hernandez in 2008

SAGINAW, MI — Prosecutors have filed a capital charge against a Saginaw man shot several times when he exchanged gunfire with a Michigan State Police trooper.

Manuel A. Hernandez is charged with assault with intent to murder Trooper Jeffery Short and three firearm offenses in an Oct. 10 incident at 808 Davenport near Hanchett on the city's West Side.

Prosecutors filed the charges on Thursday, Oct. 24, and Saginaw County District Judge Kyle Higgs Tarrant arraigned the 27-year-old Hernandez at a Saginaw hospital on Oct. 25.

Tarrant entered a not guilty plea on his behalf and ordered him held on a $10.3 million bond. Hernandez has not been lodged at the Saginaw County Jail. Michigan Department of Corrections records show he is lodged at the Egeler Reception and Guidance Center in Jackson on an alleged parole violation.

Hernandez was shot multiple times about 8:45 p.m., shortly after police responded to a domestic violence report near the intersection of Davenport and Stark.

Troopers saw a man matching the description of the suspect go into an abandoned house on Davenport between Hanchett and Stark, state police Lt. Brian Cole has said.

The troopers approached the man and gunfire was exchanged, Cole said, injuring Hernandez and Short, who was wearing a bulletproof vest. Short was released from the hospital the same night after being treated, Cole said.

Hernandez's arrest warrant identified Short as the victim in his case. State police spokeswoman Tiffany Brown would not release the identity of the trooper who was shot, but she told The Saginaw News that the trooper returned to work Oct. 23.

In addition to the assault charge, which carries a maximum penalty of life in prison, Hernandez is charged with possessing a firearm as a felon and two counts of possessing a firearm during the commission of a felony-second offense. Hernandez was on parole for felony gun possession, records show.

Hernandez, who last lived at 315 Weadock, is scheduled for a Nov. 5 preliminary hearing before Chief District Judge M. Randall Jurrens.

— Andy Hoag covers courts for MLive/The Saginaw News. Email him atahoag@mlive.com or f

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