Overview

• Carlsbad officers found an adult woman fatally shot around 9:53 p.m. Friday in the parking lot of an apartment complex on Rising Glen Way.
• Police said the woman's vehicle was taken during the attack, and Newport Beach officers later flagged the car using license-plate reader technology.
• A pursuit moved onto northbound I-5 before the suspect exited near El Toro Road and Avenida Carlota in Laguna Hills.
• Authorities said the suspect fired at officers, who returned fire; the suspect was struck, taken to a hospital and pronounced dead, and no officers were injured.
• The Orange County District Attorney’s Office is investigating the police shooting as the homicide case continues, with the victim’s name withheld and officials calling the incident isolated.