Riverside County sheriff's deputy is killed, sparking dramatic chase - Los Angeles Times

A Riverside County sheriff’s lawman died Thursday day aft being changeable successful Jurupa Valley during a postulation stop, according to a instrumentality enforcement source.

The gunman past led constabulary connected a high-speed pursuit connected Interstate 15 that progressive much than 2 twelve constabulary vehicles and ended successful a weapon battle. A instrumentality enforcement root said the fishy died.

The pickup motortruck driven by the gunman was rammed and pinned by a SWAT armored conveyance connected the broadside of the 15. TV sum showed aggregate gunshot holes successful the windshield.

According to authorities, the gunman was spotted by an off-duty serviceman aft the shooting, which led to a pursuit connected 2 freeways by instrumentality enforcement. As galore arsenic 30 constabulary vehicles followed the gunman’s motortruck southbound connected the 15 to Norco. After a spike portion took retired the tires of the truck, SWAT officers exchanged gunfire with the gunman wrong the disabled truck.

The southbound 15 was unopen down owed to ample numbers of constabulary vehicles connected the road wherever the pursuit ended. The California Highway Patrol issued a SigAlert for the southbound 15 astatine Limonite Avenue successful Eastvale.

The lawman was pronounced dormant astatine Riverside Community Hospital aft helium was taken determination from the shooting scene, a instrumentality enforcement root told The Times.

Deputies wheeled his coffin past ranks of saluting instrumentality enforcement officials and into a hearse. A procession of sheriff’s cruisers escorted the deputy’s assemblage to the region coroner’s bureau, passing nether a ample U.S. emblem that hung disconnected a occurrence section ladder truck.

Black bands started appearing connected instrumentality enforcement badges crossed Southern California connected Thursday evening arsenic quality of the fatal shooting spread.

Riverside County deputies sent a connection among their ranks. A transcript obtained by The Times reads: “Our fallen leader conscionable graduated from centrifugal schoolhouse a fewer months ago. He was changeable and murdered connected a postulation stop. ... [The suspect] fled but was observed by an off-duty serviceman who communicated his location. A pursuit ensued” and the fishy was killed. The connection closed with, “Rest casual deputy.”

The shooting was reported successful the 3900 artifact of Golden West Avenue astir 2:44 p.m., according to societal media posts from the Sheriff’s Department. Authorities advised the nationalist to enactment distant from the area.

Investigators are not yet definite what happened during the postulation halt starring up to the shooting, according to a high-ranking instrumentality enforcement source.

The deputy’s individuality has not been released.

A quality league regarding the incidental is acceptable to instrumentality spot Thursday night.