Deputy killed in Rancho Cucamonga, suspect injured after chase on 210

A San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy was fatally shot Monday afternoon in Rancho Cucamonga while responding to a domestic violence call, and the suspect fled on a motorcycle before crashing on the 210 Freeway and being hospitalized, authorities said. The deputy was identified as Andrew Nunez, 28, a six year veteran of the department; the suspect was later identified as 47 year old Angelo Jose Saldivar of San Bernardino.

Sheriff Shannon Dicus said deputies were dispatched just after 12:30 p.m. to the 12300 block of Hollyhock Drive on reports of an armed man threatening a woman. According to the sheriff's office, the suspect opened fire as deputies arrived, striking Deputy Nunez in the head. Nunez was given first aid at the scene, airlifted to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center and pronounced dead at the hospital shortly after 1 p.m.

"We are embedded in sorrow," Sheriff Dicus said at a news conference, expressing the department's grief and promising to pursue the case. He said investigators were treating the shooting as a critical incident and that the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office is likely to seek charges for the murder of a peace officer once the suspect...