Aug 26, 2008 4:21 am US/Pacific
LAPD Officer Allegedly Kills Man After Crash
CORONA, Calif.
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An off-duty Los Angeles police officer allegedly killed a man after a traffic collision in Corona.
CBS
The driver who fatally shot another motorist in an apparent case of road rage in Corona was identified Tuesday as a two-year officer with the LAPD's Office of Operations.
Los Angeles police did release the name of the officer, whose roughly 1-year-old child was in the back seat of the officer's H2 Hummer when the shooting occurred. The officer was questioned at the scene, but apparently was not detained or booked on suspicion of a crime.
The victim's name was not released and an autopsy was pending.
Riverside County sheriff's Investigator Jerry Franchville said the officer and the driver of a gray Toyota Tundra got into a dispute on northbound Interstate 15 near Indian Truck Trail about 3:45 p.m. Monday. The Tundra may have struck the officer's Hummer, he said.
The officer chased the Tundra at speeds of up to 100 mph, then both vehicles got off the freeway at Temescal Canyon Road and came to a stop in the parking lot of a store, according to Riverside County sheriff's officials and witnesses.
The shooting occurred in the parking lot as the off-duty officer was giving orders to the Tundra driver.
"It appeared there was some verbal altercation going on," Franchville said. "It appeared that the off-duty officer was trying to detain the subject for the hit-and-run."
"I couldn't say what was going through the officer's mind at the time," Franchville said Monday night. "We're still in the process of interviewing and talking to him. But maybe there was some thought that his child was in danger, it's a possibility."
The investigation was being handled by the California Highway Patrol and sheriff's detectives.
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