Police Shootings Kern County

Three California Highway Patrol officers sustained minor wounds Thursday in a gun battle with a motorist whom the officers shot to death, authorities reported. One officer was shot in the chest but escaped serious injury because he was wearing a protective vest, Kern County Sheriff's Cmdr. Donny Youngblood reported. A second officer was wounded in the foot and a bullet grazed a female officer, Youngblood said. All were taken to hospitals in nearby Bakersfield for treatment.

Three California Highway Patrol officers sustained minor wounds Thursday in a gun battle with a motorist whom the officers shot to death, authorities reported. One officer was shot in the chest but escaped serious injury because he was wearing a protective vest, Kern County Sheriff's Cmdr. Donny Youngblood reported. A second officer was wounded in the foot and a bullet grazed a female officer, Youngblood said. All were taken to hospitals in nearby Bakersfield for treatment.

The woman who was shown on several TV news programs being shot to death by sheriff's deputies on a Kern County road was identified Thursday as a Granada Hills resident who had threatened to kill herself in February. Suzannah Casas Cody, 25, was killed Wednesday on California 119, a two-lane highway in Bakersfield, after she pointed a pistol at deputies who had surrounded her van after a high-speed chase, said Kern County Sheriff's Cmdr. Don Youngblood.

The woman who was shown on several TV news programs being shot to death by sheriff's deputies on a Kern County road was identified Thursday as a Granada Hills resident who had threatened to kill herself in February. Suzannah Casas Cody, 25, was killed Wednesday on California 119, a two-lane highway in Bakersfield, after she pointed a pistol at deputies who had surrounded her van after a high-speed chase, said Kern County Sheriff's Cmdr. Don Youngblood.

A 25-year old Los Angeles woman who led authorities on a high-speed chase near Bakersfield early Wednesday was shot and killed after she pointed a pistol at a crowd of Kern County sheriff's deputies, officers said. The shooting ended a 90-m.p.h. chase followed by an hourlong standoff with deputies after the woman, who was reportedly wearing a formal dress, stopped her van on a rural stretch of highway, sheriff's Sgt. Wim Leyden said. The incident began about 10 a.m.

A 25-year old Los Angeles woman who led authorities on a high-speed chase near Bakersfield early Wednesday was shot and killed after she pointed a pistol at a crowd of Kern County sheriff's deputies, officers said. The shooting ended a 90-m.p.h. chase followed by an hourlong standoff with deputies after the woman, who was reportedly wearing a formal dress, stopped her van on a rural stretch of highway, sheriff's Sgt. Wim Leyden said. The incident began about 10 a.m.