CHP Officer Killed In Terrifying Riverside Gunfight
LAPPL News Watch
August 13, 2019
A California Highway Patrol officer was killed Monday and two other officers were wounded when a man with an assault-style rifle opened fire in a brazen daytime shootout off a freeway in Riverside that also left the gunman dead.
The gunfire erupted around 5:30 p.m. after a CHP officer pulled over a white pickup truck on a road just off Interstate 215 east of Los Angeles, Riverside police spokesman Ryan Railsback said. Officers decided to impound the truck and a tow truck had been called when the driver reached into the back of his pickup, grabbed a rifle and opened fire, authorities said.
Details about the violation that led to the traffic stop were not immediately available.
The first CHP officer, later identified as Officer Andre Moye, was shot, followed by two others who responded to his call for help, Railsback said. Video showed one officer rushed to the hospital in the back seat of a patrol car while Moye was taken by helicopter to the hospital where he later died.
Riverside police and Riverside County sheriff's deputies also were called and more gunfire erupted as the gunman took cover in front of his car before he was killed, authorities said.
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RIP, Officer
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