Officials believe the suspect in all of this was involved in the shooting citizen app. Video shows the scene just a little while ago. This all apparently started earlier today. On the southbound lanes of highway 101 near windsor. Then shortly after 3 this afternoon that the car was spotted by officers in rohnert park. Police then chased the driver to the area near the richmond. Sandra fell bridge. The suspect eventually led officers eastbound on interstate 80 towards fairfield, which is where this standoff be. Get the chp has issued a severe Traffic Alert due to the police activity. The standoff on 80 that is near where it intersects with 6. 80, in fairfield, again, all lanes in both directions are currently blocked. Drivers are advised to expect some delays. This is a look at the traffic. Now you see. Throughout the area. Theres no estimated time for reopening the roadway as standoff is active right now, we have a crew headed to the scene. Were going update you as we learn more inform
In Solano County. Right now, both directions of highway 80 in fairfield are back open after an hours long standoff between Law Enforcement and an armed suspect. Standoff lasted for more than two hours before the chp says the gunman was taken to the hospital for a selfinflicted gunshot wound. It all started around 11 00 this morning, chp tells us. This all stemmed from a reported shooting on highway 101 in santa rosa. This morning. Officers tracked the suspect vehicle to a Shopping Center in rohnert park, which led to the pursuit about 330 this afternoon, he stopped near the i80 680 interchange in fairfield. Officer Andrew Barclay with the chp says officers work diligently to deescalate the situation. In the holes that you see in the back windshield are not bullet holes. They are less lethal, so the swat teams are going through options that they have right now to try to get the individual to surrender his weapon and ultimately surrender both direction of highway 80 were shut down for ho
Northbound getting on to 80. The chp has no idea when this interchange will reopen, when 80 will reopen, or when this scene will clear up. And its going to be a while, because take a look at why this is video of the standoff going on right now. Officers chase the suspect through three counties beginning in Sonoma County in rohnert park, where a woman first reported someone had shot at her car while she was driving on 101. Officers located the driver , but he took off. That sparked a chase that took them all the way to fairfield. Police put down spike strips ahead of the car where it was then disabled, and it skidded to a stop on eastbound 80. Now both directions, like i mentioned, are shut down as police try to talk the suspect to get out of the car. They believe he could be armed. So a very ongoing situation. Lots of police cars. You can see a swat truck parked right there and the car right there in the middle. It looks like in the number one lane. So the situation unfolding as we spe
Interstate 80 shut down in the eastbound and westbound directions near the cordelia junction. We have a live look at the traffic backup. All because of this incident the chp had been following. I thought i was dreaming and heard, like, fireworks. And then all of a sudden, about two minutes later, bam bam bam, and it was the cops. Lets get back to the story. The chp had been following the driver for about an hour before the car stopped just before 4 p. M, when it lost a tire. That chase then wound through sonoma, marin, contra costa and solano counties before it got to fairfield. Chp officers tried to several times to use spike strips to stop the driver. No success though. We will continue to bring you updates on this story as it develops. I thought i was dreaming and heard like, fireworks, and then all of a sudden, about two minutes later, bam bam bam and it was the cops. And im like, whats going on . All i could see was blood and glass. Now we want to get to our other top story here,
The phone with officer David Derutte with the chp officer. Thanks so much for the time. As we watch these live pictures. This is obviously a dynamic situation and has been since 330. So what is the strategy with your officers on the ground on i80 right now were utilizing fairfields bearcat and theyre trying to make an approach on the vehicle, to get the subject out, officer, obviously, we know this is an armed suspect. Can you tell us just how dangerous the situation might be for members of the public right now . Very dangerous. I mean, we believe that it. Yeah, he can be armed, this vehicle was involved in a freeway shooting this morning in santa rosa about 11 00, and a few hours later, about 2 00, we located the vehicle in rohnert park. And thats when this pursuit started , so we are at the finish point, right . What you guys are watching on on the screen from the helicopter . Yeah. Officer, obviously youre keeping folks back very far as both directions of 80 are shut down. Can you t