Details Released In Fatal Deputy-Involved Shooting: La Quinta

LA QUINTA, CA — An investigation was underway Saturday morning into the fatal shooting of an assault with a deadly weapon suspect by a Riverside County sheriff's deputy and California Highway Patrol officer in La Quinta.

Deputies from the Palm Desert station responded at 12:40 p.m. Friday to the 39000 block of Washington Street, just north of Interstate 10, where a woman had run into a business and said her estranged husband was armed with a rifle and trying to kill her, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.

The suspect was spotted at the location sitting inside a red Ford pickup truck, which he put into gear as deputies approached and sped away from the area, prompting a high-speed pursuit involving deputies and the CHP, the department said.

The chase ended when the suspect, who was not identified, crashed the truck into a vehicle in the area of Jefferson Street, north of Avenue 48, in La Quinta, where a deputy and CHP officer shot and killed the suspect, the department said.

The suspect's rifle was recovered at the scene.

The deputy and CHP officer will be placed on administrative leave and their names were not released, the sheriff's department said.