Category: highway shootings

UCSD Grad Student Accused in CHP Officer’s Shooting Pleads Insanity

May 10, 2022
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SAN DIEGO—A 25-year-old graduate student accused of trying to grab a California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer’s gun during an altercation on Interstate 8 in Mission Valley, leaving the lawman shot in the leg, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity on May 10 to charges that include attempted murder of a peace officer. Yuhao Du,…

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Man Charged with BB Gun Highway Shootings Faces Attempted Murder Charges

June 2, 2021
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RIVERSIDE—An Anaheim man accused of using a BB gun to blow out the windows on a Tesla in Norco—and possibly targeting other vehicles in a weeks-long series of similar attacks on Southern California freeways—is set to be arraigned today on three counts of attempted murder. “Shooting at moving vehicles with a BB or pellet gun…

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Authorities Investigate Rise in Highway BB Gun Shootings

May 18, 2021
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Authorities are seeing a rise in BB gun shootings on Southern California freeways, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) says. “We are taking each of these incidents seriously and actively searching for those responsible,” CHP border division assistant chief Donald Goodbrand said in a May 18 press release. “The public should still feel safe while driving their vehicles…

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