(CNN) A white supremacist was killed in a shootout with deputies in Templeton, California, according to a San Luis Obispo Sheriff's Office news release Friday.
The shooting took place Thursday morning when deputies at first tried to conduct a traffic stop on Christopher Michael Straub, 38, near a cemetery. Straub got out of his vehicle and ran through the vineyards of the cemetery, the release said.
He then hid and ambushed deputies, firing multiple rounds at them with a handgun. Deputy Richard "Ted" Lehnhoff, 34, was hit in the leg and airlifted to a local hospital, where he underwent surgery and is in stable condition, the release said.
Straub continued evading deputies and attempted to return to his vehicle through the vineyard, but additional deputies arrived on scene and intercepted him as he tried to regain access to his vehicle.
Straub was later pronounced dead at the scene, according to the sheriff's office.
ImNotReallyANerd on September 26th, 2020 at 03:57 UTC »
28 arrests in California. 28.
Edit: Yes, 28 arrests don't mean they were for violent crimes. I wasn't there. But something tells me out of those 28 it was for being a peaceful demonstrator. So let's all wait for what the press say. Thank you.
protoopus on September 26th, 2020 at 03:29 UTC »
didn't know that was a thing. is that where they grow the grapes of wrath?
deftoner42 on September 26th, 2020 at 03:08 UTC »
It takes a special kind of dumb to run BACK to your abandoned car after you've shot a cop.