CHP officer and suspect killed, 2 officers wounded in Riverside gun battle – KABC-TV

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KABC) — A CHP officer and a suspect absorb been killed and two officers absorb been severely injured in a gun battle in Riverside, officials suppose.

The taking pictures used to be reported spherical 5: 35 p.m. within the location of Field Springs Boulevard and Eastridge Avenue, attain the 215 Freeway.

Riverside police suppose a CHP officer conducted a traffic stay of a suspect in a GMC pickup truck and then determined to impound the vehicle.

As he used to be calling for a tow truck and filling out paperwork, the suspect entered the truck, retrieved a rifle and started firing on the officer, police suppose.

VIDEO: Eyewitness cell phone footage shows gunman firing rifle at CHP officers

The officer used to be ready to demand support and three additional CHP officers came to the scene, at the side of three deputies from the Riverside sheriff’s department and one Riverside police officer.

They continued the gun battle with the suspect. Two additional CHP officers absorb been injured and the suspect used to be killed on the scene.

“It used to be a protracted and horrific gun battle,” said Riverside Police Chief Sergio Diaz. “And it resulted in a truly intensive crime scene.”

The fashioned officer who conducted the traffic stay used to be transported to a sanatorium in Moreno Valley and used to be pronounced uninteresting.

Members of the family later known the deceased officer as Andre Moye, Jr. They said he’s 33 years ragged and married, without a kids. He had been with the CHP for about four years, household participants said.

“I’m devastated by the tragedy that unfolded earlier in Riverside,” CHP Commissioner Warren Stanley wrote on Twitter. “Tonight, I mourn the loss of 1 of our enjoy, CHP Officer Andre Moye, who used to be killed one day of a shootout following a traffic stay. Prayers exit to all, at the side of the responding officers injured within the taking pictures.”

One in every of the CHP officers who replied later to the scene had main injuries and used to be idea to be in severe condition. The third officer suffered minor injuries.

Two civilians additionally suffered minor injuries, believed to be a outcomes of shrapnel or debris and no longer gunfire.

Members of the family of the suspected gunman known him as Aaron Luther, a 49-One year-ragged father of two from Beaumont. His father told Eyewitness Files that Aaron used to be an ex-con who had served time in penal advanced for tried damage, but used to be additionally a married father who used to be attempting to catch his existence collectively.

At the least two CHP autos had seen gunshot hurt within the rear windshields on the scene.