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GONZALES SHOOTING – update – 02/28/12 21:17 S.S.

4  MEMBERS  OF  THE  GONZALES  POLICE  DEPARTMENT HAVE  BEEN  PLACED  ON  PAID  ADMINISTRATIVE  LEAVE,  PENDING  THE  OUTCOME  OF  AN  INVESTIGATION.       THAT  AFTER  THE   OFFICERS  RETURNED  FIRE,   WHEN  A  WANTED  PAROLEE  FIRED  SHOTS  AT  THEM,   AS  HE  EXITED  A  VEHICLE  AND  RAN  DOWN  THE  SIDE  OF  HIGHWAY 101 (NEAR THE   5TH STREET  EXIT)  IN  GONZALES.

THE  INCIDENT  TOOK  PLACE  AROUND  9:40  THIS  MORNING, AND  LED  TO  THE  CLOSURE  OF  THE  SOUTHBOUND  LANES OF HIGHWAY   101 NEAR  THE   5TH STREET  ON-RAMP,   AND  ALSO  THE  LOCKDOWN  OF  ALL  GONZALES  SCHOOLS.     THE  LOCKDOWN   LASTED  ABOUT  AN  HOUR;   BUT  THE  HIGHWAY  CLOSURE   WENT  ON  FOR  ABOUT  5-AND-A-HALF  HOURS.

THE  PAROLEE   WAS  AIR-LIFTED  TO  SANTA  CLARA  VALLEY  MEDICAL  CENTER, WITH  MULTIPLE  GUNSHOT  WOUNDS.

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