CHP officer examines for fatal shooting of the armed man

Prunedale, California – – –

A CHP officer is examined after shot a Salinas man south of Prunedale after a car accident on Highway 101 south of Prunedale.

“The public prosecutor who are looking for whether this civil servant is justified in the application of deadly violence,” said Lana Nassoura, deputy district prosecutor of Monterey County.

The investigators say that the man from Salinas, who was shot, was armed with a fatal weapon.

On Saturday evening, the 42 -year -old James Combs from Salinas plunged his car into a guardrail on Highway 101 north of Ralph Lane near Prunedale. Not long after a CHP officer came to investigate and Combs was shot.

“Chp reacted to this scene. They reacted at 7:07 p.m. and the shots were fired by CHP at 7:08 p.m.,” said Nassoura.

The public prosecutor of the Monterey district examines the fatal shootout. They say combs have produced a pocket knife with a 4-inch blade before it was shot. An autopsy could be the key to determining why combs are dead.

“Toxicology could inform us about the spirit of the subject and may inform us about the reasons for the reactions or the lack of the part in question,” said Nassoura.

The key in the investigation could be a dashcam video on the CHP unit that may have recorded the solo officer shooting, since the investigators try to determine whether the use of deadly violence was justified by the civil servant or a criminal act.

“The purpose of checking the DABUS office is to determine whether a crime was committed in this case, whether a fatal application of violence was committed that led to a crime,” said Nassoura.

The official who dismissed his firearm was not identified and was not injured in the shootings on Saturday. The investigators should interview him on Wednesday.

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