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Gunman who killed Riverside County deputy should have been jailed on ‘three strikes,’ sheriff says

The Honor Guard passes through a line of law enforcement officers after placing the body of a fallen Riverside County Sheriff's deputy into a hearse at Riverside Community Hospital on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022, in Riverside, California.

A Riverside County, California, sheriff’s deputy was fatally shot Thursday afternoon during a traffic stop in Jurupa Valley, sparking a high-speed chase across multiple freeways that ended with deputies killing the gunman in a shootout.

The shooter was a violent felon who should have been incarcerated after violating California’s “three strikes” law but was released on bail, Sheriff Chad Bianco said at a news conference Thursday night.

Deputy Isaiah Cordero, 32, was conducting a traffic stop just before 2 p.m. near the 3900 block of Golden West Avenue when the suspect pulled out a gun and shot him as he approached the vehicle,

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