Overview
- Deputies were dispatched around 12:37 p.m. to Hollyhock Drive in Rancho Cucamonga for reports of an armed man threatening a woman, and the arriving suspect opened fire, striking Deputy Andrew Nunez in the head.
- Nunez, a six-year San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department veteran, was airlifted to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center and later pronounced dead; he is survived by a pregnant wife and a 2-year-old daughter.
- The suspect fled on a motorcycle, leading a pursuit on the 210 Freeway that reached 150 mph-plus and included wrong-way riding, according to the sheriff's department.
- At about 1:35 p.m., an off-duty sheriff's deputy driving an unmarked department Toyota Camry performed a "legal intervention" that knocked the motorcycle down near the Campus Avenue exit, and the suspect was taken into custody and airlifted to a hospital in stable condition.
- Investigators recovered what appeared to be a firearm at the crash scene, and the district attorney said a charging decision is expected within one to two days.