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Newhall incident. The Newhall incident, also called the Newhall massacre, was a shootout on April 5–6, 1970, in Valencia, California, [a] between two heavily armed criminals and four officers of the California Highway Patrol (CHP). In less than five minutes, the four CHP officers were killed and another man was pistol-whipped in what was at ...
chp.ca.gov. The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is the principal state police agency for the U.S. state of California. The CHP has primary patrol jurisdiction over all California highways and roads and streets outside city limits, and can exercise law enforcement powers anywhere within the state. The California Highway Patrol can assist local ...
Scene of the crime. On the night of December 27, 1986, twenty-year-old Cara Knott was driving south on Interstate 15 from her boyfriend's home in Escondido, California, to her parents' home in El Cajon when Craig Peyer, who was on duty in a marked California Highway Patrol (CHP) vehicle, directed Knott to pull off the freeway on an isolated, unfinished offramp. [5]
CHP officials said they responded to the freeway about 3:15 p.m. Sunday after receiving calls about a man walking through traffic near the Wilmington Avenue exit.
Two CHP officers and a deputy with the Sheriff’s Office K-9 unit opened fire on the suspect. The suspect, described as a man in his 40s, was later pronounced dead at Mercy San Juan Medical Center.
CHP Valley Division Air Operations on Friday released several details of the incident and shared a video of the man leaping across the rooftops while apparently trying to evade police. About 1:30 ...
The listing documents the occurrence of a death, making no implications regarding wrongdoing or justification on the part of the person killed or officer involved. Killings are arranged by date of the incident that caused death. Different death dates, if known, are noted in the description. The table below lists 112 people.
Jul. 13—On Wednesday at approximately 1 p.m., California Highway Patrol Grass Valley officers monitored reports of a "major injury crash" on Highway 20 east of Dorsey Drive in Grass Valley ...