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By JAIMIE DING
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California state police officer has shot
and killed a man who was throwing rocks at cars, officials said.
California Highway Patrol officers responded Monday afternoon to
reports of a man throwing rocks at oncoming cars on a road near
San Jacinto, the agency said in a statement. They attempted to
contact the man, who began throwing rocks at the officers.
Officers first used “verbal commands and non-deadly force
options," but the man continued to approach them, the agency
said. At least one officer opened fire and struck the man.
He was pronounced dead at the scene, the agency said. No
officers were hurt.
The shooting is being investigated by the Riverside County Force
Investigations Detail, run by the county district attorney
office and sheriff's department.
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