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High-Speed Chase Ends In Fatal Officer-Involved Shooting
Posted: 7:31 am PST February 23, 2009
PORT COSTA, Calif. -- A man was shot and killed in an officer-involved shooting Sunday night after he led police on a high-speed chase in Contra Costa County.Contra Costa Sheriff’s Department spokesman Jimmy Lee said the incident began about 7 p.m. when Pittsburgh police officers were called to a home on Jensen Circle.An incident occurred at the home and a man bolted from police, triggering a high-speed chase.The pursuit ended about 7:35 p.m. in the 9000 block of Carquinez Scenic Dr. in Port Costa where a confrontation of some kind took place and Pittsburgh officers fired at the man.Lee said he was rushed to a local hospital and was pronounced dead a short time later.Additional details of the shooting were expected to be released later Monday. The identity of the name was not released.
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