A shooter opened fire during Monday just off Interstate 215 in Riverside, east of Los Angeles.
Riverside police spokesman Ryan Railsback says a CHP officer had stopped a white pickup truck when the driver pulled a rifle.
Police say a shootout near a freeway has killed a California Highway Patrol officer, wounded two others and left the gunman dead.Riverside police spokesman Ryan Railsback says a CHP officer had stopped a white pickup truck when the driver pulled a rifle.The gunman was pronounced dead at a hospital.Video from the scene shows bullet holes in the front windows of two patrol cars and large holes blown in their back windows. What appeared to be an assault-style rifle was on the ground.
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