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CBS News
3 days ago
- General
- CBS News
Alleged DUI driver arrested for deadly hit-and-run in Perris
An alleged DUI driver was arrested for a hit-and-run crash that left a woman dead on a 215 Freeway onramp in Perris last week. It happened at around 9:30 p.m. on Thursday on the Placentia Avenue onramp, according to the California Highway Patrol. It was there that officers say the driver of a Ford F-150 driving southbound on the freeway before entering the ramp struck a woman who was also heading in the same direction on foot. Instead of stopping to help the woman, the driver fled from the area. With the assistance of the Menifee Police Department, the driver was located and taken into custody, CHP said. They were booked on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol, felony hit-and-run, driving with a suspended or revoked license and vehicular manslaughter. Anyone who knows more is asked to contact CHP at (951) 324-7210.
CBS News
27-04-2025
- Automotive
- CBS News
2 hospitalized after single-car crash in Menifee
Two people were hospitalized following a single-car crash in Menifee on Saturday morning. It happened a little after 2:45 a.m. near the intersection of Newport Road and Lone Pine Drive, according to the Menifee Police Department. They say that the 21-year-old man driving a Ford Focus eastbound on Newport veered to the right for unknown reasons and crashed into a wall near the intersection. He suffered major injuries in the crash and was rushed to a nearby hospital in critical condition. His passenger, a 20-year-old woman, was also hospitalized in stable condition after suffering moderate injuries. Police believe that alcohol may have been a factor in the collision. Anyone who knows more is asked to contact MPD at (951) 723-1566.
Yahoo
11-03-2025
- Yahoo
Police fatally shoot homicide suspect on crowded Southern California pier
Newly released body-worn camera footage shows the moment police in Orange County shot and killed a 45-year-old homicide suspect who had driven his vehicle onto the Newport Beach Pier. The Feb. 1 incident unfolded when authorities with the Santa Ana Police Department received a 911 call from a dispatch operator with the Menifee Police Department regarding the suspect, now identified as Jose Alfonso Valasquez. Detectives in Menifee tracked the 45-year-old's cellphone to the 1400 block of North Freeman Street, where his ex-wife reportedly lived. The dispatch operator then informed SAPD that Velasquez was wanted for the fatal shooting of a woman, who may have been his girlfriend, in Menifee and that he was likely armed and behind the wheel of a silver Honda CRV. Just after 6:30 a.m., two SAPD officers responded to the location and spotted Velasquez's CRV where he was sitting with a passenger inside the vehicle. 'As officers approached, the subject immediately fled the area, prompting a pursuit,' SAPD officials said in a video posted online. The 45-year-old led officers on an approximately 13-mile chase into Newport Beach where he jumped the curb, and maneuvered around several barricades set up to prevent vehicles from getting on the pier. Police followed Velasquez onto the pier where people scrambled to get out of the way of the vehicles. At the end of the pier, the 45-year-old came to a stop and reportedly exited the CRV. In footage released by SAPD, responding officers in two police cruisers stopped a short distance behind the suspect and opened fire on him. Footage from the Orange County Sheriff's Department helicopter shows the 45-year-old on the ground beside his vehicle with what appears to be a gun in his right hand. Police said that while Velasquez was on the ground, still armed and breathing, he failed to comply with officers' commands. Crude details emerge in racism, sexism scandal rocking L.A. Police Department 'Given the ongoing threat posed by the suspect, who did not respond to officers' verbal commands, a 40 millimeter less-lethal launcher was deployed,' SAPD officials said. 'Following the deployment, a police K9 was used to facilitate the officers in handcuffing and arresting the suspect.' Medical personnel with the Newport Beach Fire Department arrived at the location and declared Velasquez dead at the scene. A firearm believed to be used in the alleged Menifee homicide was recovered at the scene. The 45-year-old had previous arrests for driving under the influence, driving on a suspended license and brandishing a firearm in a threatening manner, police said. An investigation into the lethal use of force remains ongoing. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBS News
11-03-2025
- CBS News
Bodycam footage shows pursuit and shooting on Newport Beach Pier
Santa Ana police released body camera footage from the pursuit that ended on the Newport Beach Pier. The Santa Ana Police Department joined the chase on Feb. 1, after the Menifee Police Department asked for help finding a homicide suspect, 45-year-old Jose Velasquez. Investigators believe that Velasquez shot and killed a 38-year-old woman in the 25000 block of Mesa Edge Court in Menifee early that Saturday morning. After police located Velasquez, he led officers on a pursuit through Santa Ana and several other cities before driving onto the Newport Beach pier, 12 miles away. Velasquez and the pursuing officers passed several bystanders before reaching the end of the pier. After stopping his Honda CRV, the suspect jumped out of the car while holding a pistol in his right hand. Officers immediately opened fire. Velasquez sustained several gunshot wounds and died at the scene. The shooting forced police to close the Newport Beach Pier and some surrounding roads for several hours. No officers or bystanders were wounded in either incident, police said. Police identified Velasquez's alleged victim as 38-year-old Storm Wolf, from Temecula. Investigators said they were "acquaintances." Santa Ana PD said investigators believe the handgun recovered in Velasquez's hand was the weapon used to kill Wolf.
