Police said the man killed was suspected in a Vista, Calif., homicide Sunday afternoon.
A suspect in a Vista, Calif., homicide was killed early Monday, and an Escondido police officer was injured in a shootout following a lengthy pursuit through northern San Diego County, officials said.at a Vista home Sunday afternoon, officials said.It was unclear where or when the pursuit began.
Oceanside spokesperson Jennifer Atenza said Oceanside police at one point put down a spike strip on State Route 78 to try to stop the suspect’s car. He drove over the strip but kept going, she said.San Diego County sheriff’s deputies and Escondido police put down another spike strip at a different location, she said.
NBC 7 San Diego reported that the man’s car was shut down remotely by OnStar, an in-vehicle security system, before he engaged in a shootout with police. Atenza said police brought an armored vehicle called a Bearcat to assist with the police stop and the vehicle “took several rounds.” “This was a suspect who had zero regard for any human life whatsoever,” she said, noting there was an apartment complex near where the man’s vehicle finally came to a stop. “When you have a suspect firing indiscriminately, the worse fear is [he] is going to hit innocent bystanders.”In the Vista shooting, sheriff’s deputies went to a home about 5:05 p.m., where they found an unresponsive victim, sheriff’s Lt. Chris Galve said Sunday night. No other details about the victim were released.
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