SAN FRANCISCO — Authorities launched a manhunt Wednesday after they said a gunman shot and killed a police officer during a traffic stop in a…
SAN FRANCISCO — Authorities launched a manhunt Wednesday after they said a gunman shot and killed a police officer during a traffic stop in a small California town.
In an alert, the California Highway Patrol said the suspect, whose name was not known, is considered to be armed and dangerous.
Newman Cpl. Ronil Singh, 33, had called in the traffic stop early Wednesday, saying he was pulling over a grey pickup truck that had no license plate, and a few minutes later reported shots fired over his radio, Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Royjinder Singh said.
Multiple agencies responded and found Singh with gunshot wounds. They rushed the husband and father of an infant boy to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Ground and air units were searching for the suspect based on surveillance photos taken at a convenience store shortly before the attack in Newman, about 100 miles southeast of San Francisco.
