Police said Albert Rodriguez Jr. tried to drive off after a traffic stop, taking an officer who'd reached into the car along with him.
San Bernardino Police officers shot and killed a man after a wild traffic stop in the city earlier this week.Officers tried to pull over Albert Jose Rodriguez Jr., a known gang member, around 9 a.m. on Nov. 7, along W. 7th Street. Police said that during the stop Rodriguez didn't cooperate with officers' commands to get out of the car and to stop reaching into his shirt.
One officer reached into the car through the passenger's side window and tried to turn off the car and unbuckle Rodriguez's seat belt, but Rodriguez was eventually able to drive off with the officer inside his car. Then, police said Rodriguez reached for a gun inside his shirt, and that's when the officer shot him. The officer then had to steer the still-moving car to keep it from hitting others.
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