Suspect Accused Of Shooting At CHP Officer In Yuba County Identified As Oroville Man

OROVILLE (CBS13) — Authorities person identified the Oroville antheral arrested and accused of shooting astatine a California Highway Patrol Officer pursuing a Chase that ended successful Yuba County implicit the weekend, authorities said Tuesday.

Aaron Tobias Quinn, 44, faces 1 number of attempted execution of a bid officer.

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According to the California Highway Patrol Oroville, an serviceman attempted to halt Quinn for speeding successful the Oroville country Sunday morning. Quinn allegedly failed to output and led a pursuit done respective region roads crossed Butte and Yuba counties.

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Quinn reportedly mislaid power and crashed the conveyance into a powerfulness rod on La Porte Road successful Yuba County. He past got retired of the car and began firing astatine a CHP serviceman astatine the scene, authorities said.

The CHP said the serviceman returned occurrence and Quinn was earnestly injured. Quinn remained successful the infirmary arsenic of Tuesday and successful the CHP’s custody.

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The probe remains ongoing.

CBS13 Staff