Separates cars. According to police one driver got out of his car and pulled out a gun. Chp immediately arrived on scene and asked him to put the gun down. The man refused to comply and tried to raise the gun toward the officers. Chp then fired two shots hitting the man in the chest twice. Drivers headed north on u. S. Highway 101 in san mateo are being asked to use alternate routes, as an deadly officer involved shooting has closed the highways northbound lanes this evening. The california Highway Patrol issued a sigalert for the highways northbound lanes, just south of state highway 92, and did not provide an estimated time for when they would reopen. The incident was first reported as a traffic collision involving two vehicles at 5 28 p. M. On northbound highway 101. A suspect allegedly got out of a vehicle and began shooting. The chp reported that one person was seen down on the righthand shoulder. The incident has caused a massive backup in the area. pam after 19 hours. The stando
Opening fire. Charles . Charles Clifford according to the california Highway Patrol, just before 530 friday afternoon, two vehicles may have been involved in a collision along the northbound lanes of highway 101 just past the hillsdale exit in san mateo. Three chp officers responded to the scene, each in a separate vehicle. According to the San Mateo Police department, when the officers arrived they found an adult male armed with a handgun. Moments later, all three chp officers fired shots at the suspect. Sotthe suspect was fatally wounded in the shooting. The officers are all ok. Exactly what prompted the officers to fire at the suspect is still under investigation but Law Enforcement sources have told kron 4s that this may have started as a road rage incident between the two male drivers of the vehicles involved in the initial accident. Sources also say the chp officers tried to convince the suspect holding the gun to put it down but at some point he raised the weapon and thats when
Into the 80s with some lower 90s for the warmest interior valleys. Cooling trend back to normal by thursday and friday as the next trough arrives. marty landing our top story this morning. All lanes are now open after an officer involved shooting on highway 101 in san mateo. Kron 4s averi harper is here with details on the shooting and the massive gridlock it created. Averi . averi the chp tried to open all lanes again by midnight after a shooting that was 1st reported at 5 30 yesterday afternoon. But right now, all lanes of northbound highway 101 are still closed after a deadly freeway shooting involving chp officers. The chp says the man who was shot and killed was initially involved in a road rage crash on northbound 101 in san mateo near highway 92. Investigators say after the crash the man got out of a car and pulled out a gun. Chp got there shortly after told the man to drop the gun. When he did not three officers shot at him after he raised it at them. He was hit in the chest an
Investigating whether the three chp officers who fired their guns were justified, San Mateo Police say the officers gave the suspect ample warning. Officers took extreme measures to issue commands to drop that firearm, to attempt to deescalate and negotiate with that suspect. Obviously, those attempts were unsuccessful. Captain dave norris says as of now, it appears the east bay woman in the other car was a random target who happened to be driving near the suspect. She wasnt hurt, except for some minor pain from the car wreck itself. Highway 101, which was shut down for more than seven hours, reopened early saturday morning. We had a very large crime scene with evidence that was scattered not only widely across the freeway, but also lengthwise. From highway 92 all the way to hillsdale boulevard. The Coroners Office hasnt released the name of the man who was police say there were a lot of witnesses this adid happen in the middle of fridays rush hour commute. Witness statements have been
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