ANAHEIM, Calif. — Police in Anaheim, Calif. shot and killed a suspect on a crowded freeway, and a motorist was wounded in the gunbattle.
The suspect was wanted in the shooting of a police officer Sunday.
Sgt. Tim Schmidt says the gunfight took place early Monday. Officers tried to pull him over as he headed east on the Riverside Freeway.
The man struck other vehicles in Anaheim, then got out of his car, armed with a handgun. He exchanged gunfire with at least two officers and died at the scene.
Schmidt says it was not clear who shot the motorist. She was taken to a hospital with superficial wounds.
Sunday morning, an officer investigating a report of a man exposing himself to children near Disneyland was shot in the leg.