Shooting Involving CHP Closes 15 Freeway in Barstow

Shooting Involving CHP Closes 15 Freeway in Barstow

(Barstow, CA) — A stolen car suspect is dead after being shot by California Highway Patrol officers on the 15 Freeway in Barstow. An officer was also shot, but is expected to survive. There’s no word on who shot the officer, though a handgun thought to be the suspect’s was recovered by investigators. The man was wanted on suspicion of stealing a car in Chino, then led officers on a nearly hour-and-a-half pursuit early Thursday morning. The investigation shut down the entire Northbound 15 on the way to Las Vegas deep into the late afternoon hours.