A man suspected of murder was killed by police after the vehicle in which he was escaping broke down Tuesday on a freeway in Los Angeles, California, according to a report.
Jesse Medrano, 35, was shot by a California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer on Interstate 105
near the intersection with Interstate 710.
CHP officers arrived there after receiving a call reporting a damaged vehicle on the road.
It was the SUV that Medrano had stolen last Sunday and in which he was fleeing after killing his own father, Ruben Marrufo, 61, after a family dispute in South Los Angeles, according to the Fox television channel. News.
When the police approached the car, Medrano pulled out a pistol and began firing.
The agents responded in kind.
Medrano was immediately taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead
.
One of the CHP officers was injured.
The CHP said Medrano was also being wanted as a suspect for shooting two other family members last Sunday in Green Meadows during the dispute.
On October 5, 2021, Jesse Medrano was killed in a shooting involving the Highway Patrol. Los Angeles Police Department
Reports indicate that he also injured his uncle Ricardo Grajeva and his wife Gloria Medrano.
"I saw when my father fell to the ground," his cousin Mariana Grajeva told the local television network KCAL-TV.
Grajeva is in serious condition and his wife is in critical condition.
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Medrano's cousin also said her relative, who had just been released from jail, appeared to be drugged.
“That's why I went on and entered (the house), because since I'm pregnant I had to think about my baby.
He had a gun. "
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