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‘Long And Horrific Gun Battle’: 3 Officers Shot In Riverside California

Three California Highway Patrol officers were shot — one fatally — in Riverside on Monday night in what officers called a “long and horrific gun battle.”

CHP Officer Andre Moye Jr., 33, was conducting a traffic stop of a suspect driving a truck, who has since been identified as Aaron Luther, when he decided to impound the suspect’s vehicle, ABC 7 Los Angeles reported, citing police.

While he was making arrangements for a tow truck and filling out paperwork, Luther — a married 49-year-old father of two from Beaumont — pulled a rifle from inside his truck and began firing at Moye, who was able to call for help.

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Three additional CHP officers, along with three deputies, arrived at the scene and continued a gun battle with the suspect, who managed to shoot and seriously injure two other officers, including one who is in critical condition, before he was shot dead.

“It was a long and horrific gun battle,” Riverside Police Chief Sergio Diaz said, according to ABC 7. “And it resulted in a very extensive crime scene.” 

After the shootout, Moye was rushed to a hospital in Moreno Valley, where he was pronounced dead. He was married and had been an officer for about four years, according to his family.

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“I am devastated by the tragedy that unfolded earlier in Riverside,” CHP Commissioner Warren Stanley said on Twitter. “Tonight, I mourn the loss of one of our own, CHP Officer Andre Moye, who was killed during a shootout following a traffic stop. Prayers go out to all, including the responding officers injured in the shooting.”

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Luther’s father told Eyewitness News that Luther was an ex-con who had served time in prison for attempted murder.

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