Off-Duty Deputy Rams Motorcycle to Stop Suspect Who Killed Fellow Officer in California High-Speed Chase
Deputy Andrew Nunez was just 28 years old, a six-year veteran of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, father to a 2-year-old daughter with another child on the way. When the call came in at 12:30 PM about a domestic violence incident in Rancho Cucamonga—a man threatening a woman with a gun—Nunez responded like he always did, with what his department would later call “unwavering commitment, courage and deep compassion.”
He had no way of knowing the suspect was waiting behind the door, ready to ambush whoever showed up. The moment Nunez arrived, the suspect opened fire, shooting him in the head. Within hours, this young father would be dead, another casualty in California’s war on law enforcement.
What followed was pure chaos. The killer fled on a motorcycle, hitting speeds over 150 miles per hour on the 210 Freeway, weaving through traffic like a madman, at times driving the wrong way and waving his Glock 17 at pursuing officers. How many more deputies have to die before California admits its soft-on-crime experiment has failed? California Highway
Patrol units and deputies struggled to keep pace, their cruisers no match for the bike’s maneuverability. For over an hour, this cop-killer seemed untouchable, just another criminal who might slip through the system’s fingers—you know, the same system that probably let him walk free a dozen times before.
Then came the moment that changed everything. An off-duty deputy, monitoring the pursuit, made a split-second decision that no policy manual could have prepared him for. Driving his Toyota Camry—technically an unmarked department vehicle—he positioned himself in the motorcycle’s path and did what needed to be done. He rammed the bastard.
From Sheriff Shannon D. Dicus at Monday’s press conference:
“The pursuit came to a conclusion with an off-duty deputy sheriff who put himself on duty and conducted a legal intervention by hitting the suspect on the motorcycle. Deputies arrived and were immediately shot at by the suspect, and this deputy’s actions ended a dangerous situation that threatened countless lives on that freeway.”
The impact sent the suspect airborne, his body tumbling and skidding across the leftmost lane while his bike disintegrated into scattered debris. Within seconds, officers swarmed the downed killer, applying restraints as paramedics rushed to stabilize him. A helicopter landed right there on the freeway to airlift him to a hospital—more mercy than he showed Deputy Nunez. The suspect survived and will face murder charges upon his release.
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He had no way of knowing the suspect was waiting behind the door, ready to ambush whoever showed up. The moment Nunez arrived, the suspect opened fire, shooting him in the head. Within hours, this young father would be dead, another casualty in California’s war on law enforcement.
What followed was pure chaos. The killer fled on a motorcycle, hitting speeds over 150 miles per hour on the 210 Freeway, weaving through traffic like a madman, at times driving the wrong way and waving his Glock 17 at pursuing officers. How many more deputies have to die before California admits its soft-on-crime experiment has failed? California Highway
Patrol units and deputies struggled to keep pace, their cruisers no match for the bike’s maneuverability. For over an hour, this cop-killer seemed untouchable, just another criminal who might slip through the system’s fingers—you know, the same system that probably let him walk free a dozen times before.
Then came the moment that changed everything. An off-duty deputy, monitoring the pursuit, made a split-second decision that no policy manual could have prepared him for. Driving his Toyota Camry—technically an unmarked department vehicle—he positioned himself in the motorcycle’s path and did what needed to be done. He rammed the bastard.
From Sheriff Shannon D. Dicus at Monday’s press conference:
“The pursuit came to a conclusion with an off-duty deputy sheriff who put himself on duty and conducted a legal intervention by hitting the suspect on the motorcycle. Deputies arrived and were immediately shot at by the suspect, and this deputy’s actions ended a dangerous situation that threatened countless lives on that freeway.”
The impact sent the suspect airborne, his body tumbling and skidding across the leftmost lane while his bike disintegrated into scattered debris. Within seconds, officers swarmed the downed killer, applying restraints as paramedics rushed to stabilize him. A helicopter landed right there on the freeway to airlift him to a hospital—more mercy than he showed Deputy Nunez. The suspect survived and will face murder charges upon his release.
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