According to witnesses who were traveling in the northbound lanes of I-15 at 3:45 p.m. on Monday, the driver of a gray Toyota Tundra pickup truck ran into a white Hummer. The off-duty LAPD officer was driving the Hummer.
"The vehicles collided with each other and the truck that hit the Humvee took off, and the Humvee followed," said Inspector Jerry Franchville, Riverside County Sheriff's Dept.
Both the truck and the Hummer pulled into a parking lot in the Corona area. That's when the off-duty officer began yelling commands at the other driver.
"The LAPD officer was trying to detain the guy because of the hit and run," said Inspector Franchville. "He was giving him some verbal commands. Obviously the guy wasn't complying with it and that's when the officer-involved shooting occurred."
The officer fired one shot, hitting the other driver in the upper torso. The victim was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The off-duty officer was taken in for questioning by Riverside County Sheriff's investigators.
"At some point there will be determinations as to whether it's justifiable or not," said LAPD Lieutenant John Romero.
The officer is reportedly being very cooperative with the investigators. Investigators say the child in the Humvee was never threatened by the other driver, and that child is doing fine.
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