Man Killed In Police Shootout Was Former Officer

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a man who was shot and killed after opening fire on a San Bernardino County sheriff’s helicopter has been identified as a former California Highway Patrol officer.

Sheriff’s officials say deputies killed Francis Murphy Rose as he exchanged gunfire with them in patrol cars. No deputies were injured in the Monday gunfight in Apple Valley, a high desert town 95 miles northeast of Los Angeles.

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