OAKVIEW, Calif. (AP) - The California Highway Patrol says an officer has shot and killed a homeless man who attacked him.
It happened shortly after 6 a.m. Friday in Oak View, about 50 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
The 20-year-old died at the scene. His name wasn’t immediately released.
The CHP says an officer who received a report of a man walking in traffic was attacked by a suspect. The officer then fired a single shot that hit the man in the chest.
The officer was treated at a hospital for non-life threatening injuries.
Details of the confrontation weren’t immediately released.
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