- Elizabeth Larson
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District attorney: Report on officer-involved shooting expected to be ready for release Friday
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Lake County’s district attorney said his plans to release a report on the circumstances surrounding a fatal officer-involved shooting on Wednesday have been delayed, with the investigation still in process.
District Attorney Don Anderson had planned on releasing more details about the incident Thursday, but with his investigators still interviewing witnesses and compiling critical case information, he pushed the date of release back to Friday.
The fatal shooting occurred Wednesday afternoon near Lower Lake.
According to the information released so far, a California Highway Patrol officer stopped to talk to a 52-year-old male suspect who she had spotted parked along the side of Highway 29 south of Lower Lake.
The suspect, who was not a Lake County resident, allegedly was in a stolen vehicle and had warrants for his arrest.
After the CHP officer contacted him, a fight ensued, and he attempted to take her gun.
The officer shot the man once and mortally wounded him. He attempted to flee in the vehicle, crashing it on the other side of the highway. He later was pronounced dead at the scene.
Anderson said the officer was uninjured.
Neither her name nor the name of the suspect have been released officially; those details are expected to be included in Anderson’s Friday report.
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