ABC News March 6, 2024

Suspect identified who opened fire on California sheriff's deputies before dying in chase

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Deputy Rob Dillion, a spokesperson for the sheriff's office, told ABC News on Monday that investigators were examining multiple crime scenes. Dillion said the suspect stopped his car several times during the chase to open fire on the pursuing deputies.

Dillion said there are a minimum of two crime scenes investigators combed for evidence, but said there could be a total of three or four crime scenes over what he described as a "wide area."

Other than the one deputy who was shot in the leg, Dillion said it remains unclear how the other deputies were injured.

"We're not sure at this point mainly because it could have been glass as bullets struck glass and shattered it or fragments of bullets that were fired at them," Dillion said, adding of the suspect, "He fired at police more than once."

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The Santa Rosa Police Department was assigned to investigate the incident after the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office invoked a critical incident protocol for officer-involved shooting.

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The sheriff's department said the chase and gunfight were captured on body-worn cameras the deputies were equipped with. The footage is expected to be made public at some point in keeping with state law, according to the sheriff's department.