A Tulare County jury has convicted a Dinuba man of trying to murder a police officer during a 2017 robbery of a gas station convenience store.

Gang member Samuel Camposeco, now 29 years old, is scheduled for sentencing on July 1. He has prior conviction for attempted residential burglary in 2016 and faces 60 years to life in prison.

According to trial testimony, Camposeco and Luis Vargas — both armed with semi-auto pistols — entered the Texaco gas station store in the 1200 block of North Alta Avenue in Dinuba. An off-duty police officer who was inside the store officer noticed the men acting suspiciously and exited the building to call police.

By chance, a Dinuba Police Department officer arrived at the gas station. Through the windows, the officers saw Vargas pistol-whip the clerk whil

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