The suspect who shot a county sheriff in the head in California yesterday was speeding down a highway at 150 mph (240 km/h) while trying to evade police officers.
The chase ended abruptly when a driver sensed the chase and hit the suspect’s motorcycle.
Additional) The driver who hit this motorcycle was said to be an off-duty narcotics investigator.
The suspect was taken into custody and the sheriff who was shot was pronounced dead.
** As the media and citizens who were watching the chase on the news were flooded with questions about the driver of the vehicle that hit the suspect’s motorcycle.
The Sheriff’s Office said in a press conference:
The driver was an off-duty narcotics officer named Shannon Dykers.
Performed a **“legal intervention”** by ramming the suspect’s motorcycle.
And
They confirmed the crash ended a chase on the 210 Freeway near Upland.
