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'Let her go! Let her go!' California police officer shoots armed man who put his partner in a headlock

LOS ANGELES — The traffic stop started off calmly. Two Fontana police officers pulled over a black sport utility vehicle in Yucaipa, and a male officer asked the driver about what appeared to be a missing front license plate. They chatted about camping in the snow — the vehicle had overland camping gear affixed to it — and the officer chuckled when the man said he had previously been arrested ...
After a Fontana police officer was held in a headlock by a man during a traffic stop in Yucaipa, California, on Feb. 9, 2024, another officer shot the man, striking him near the jaw, Fontana Police Chief Michael Dorsey said in a recorded statement.

LOS ANGELES — The traffic stop started off calmly.

Two Fontana police officers pulled over a black sport utility vehicle in Yucaipa, and a male officer asked the driver about what appeared to be a missing front license plate. They chatted about camping in the snow — the vehicle had overland camping gear affixed to

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