Man who killed sheriff's deputy in California dies after being run over with armored vehicle [View all]

Source: The Independent, US edition



A central California sheriff's deputy was fatally shot on Thursday morning while serving an eviction notice, leading to a prolonged standoff that concluded with authorities killing the suspect by running him over with an armured vehicle.

The incident began when Tulare County deputies attempted to serve the notice to a 60-year-old man in Porterville, approximately 240 kilometres northeast of Los Angeles. The man opened fire, killing one of the deputies.

He then barricaded himself inside the home with a rifle for several hours. During the standoff, authorities deployed gas, but the man continued to fire at law enforcement. The confrontation ended around 6 p.m. when the man emerged from the property and moved through neighbouring yards.

Sheriff Mike Boudreaux stated at an evening news conference that a Kern County SWAT team drove an armored car into the yard where the man was lying on the ground. After he began firing at them, the team drove the vehicle over him, resulting in his death.

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