Results tagged “freeway” from Crime & Courts

Here's a good news story to start the day.                                                                              

CHP Officer DeShawn Cobbs delivered a healthy baby -- Elaine -- on the side of the 10 Freeway this morning.

Here's the KCBS/KCAL story and video with Officer Cobbs.

Funeral services began this morning for Lt. Gilbert Valderrama, a 19-year veteran of the Los Angeles County Police Department, the force that keeps the peace at county hospitals, parks and buildings. Most recently, Valderrama was a watch commander at County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. Valderrama was killed in an off-duty crash in Hacienda Heights on July 9. An 18-year-old man also died.

A colleague described Valderrama as a mentor and motivator for those who served under him.

Channel 2 interviewed his wife Tuesday evening.

Larry got more details about the shooting on the Century(105) Freeway. Basically, the deputy assigned to the Lennox Sheriff's Station had just left work about 8 a.m. He was on the freeway headed east from Hawthorne Boulevard when another motorist began driving erratically - moving in and out of lanes, slowing down. The unidentified deputy, in a private car, thought he hit the other vehicle, and pulled over to the side to check out his car. The other motorist also pulled over and allegedly came at the deputy with a knife. The deputy identified himself and ordered him to put down the knife. When he didn't comply, the deputy fired,hitting him in the upper torso.

The wounded man is 19 years old from Inglewood. He was taken to a hospital and expected to survive.

No one would confirm whether this was a road rage incident, or something else - like intoxication or if the other driver was possibly following the deputy. Larry is returning to the newsroom and should have a more complete story up on www.dailybreeze.com soon.

Larry's out at the scene of a shooting that appraently involved an off-duty sheriff's deputy on the Glenn Anderson (105) Freeway. He reports from the Metro Station in the middle of lanes that the eastbound freeway is closed at Crenshaw Boulevard as police continue to investigate the shooting that occurred just before 8 a.m.

A press conference is scheduled soon, but he's hearing that this may have been a road rage incident that moved to the side. The second person apparently produced a knife and the deputy allegedly shot him. We're checking on this and will have confirmation shortly.

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