CHP shoots allegedly knife-wielding woman on 71 Freeway in Chino Hills
CHP shooting shuts down Chino Hills freeway
A CHP officer shot a woman on the 71 Freeway who allegedly came at the officer with a knife in hand. The northbound lanes of the 71 Freeway were closed for hours.
CHINO HILLS, Calif. - A California Highway Patrol officer shot an allegedly armed woman on the 71 Freeway in Chino Hills Friday morning, shutting down the freeway for hours, and wreaking havoc on Memorial Day Weekend traffic.
What we know:
The shooting happened around 11:30 a.m. in the northbound lanes of State Route 71, near Butterfield Rand Road.
CHP officers received reports of a woman with a knife on the highway. When they got there, one officer found the woman.
71 Freeway closed in Chino Hills due to police activity
The northbound lanes of the 71 Freeway near Butterfield Ranch Road are closed due to heavy police activity.
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According to the CHP, the woman came toward the officer with the knife in her hand. That's when the officer shot her.
Paramedics took the woman to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, CHP said Friday night.
Big picture view:
The shooting forced the closure of the northbound lanes of the 71 Freeway for hours on Friday.
The CHP issued a SigAlert around 2:30 p.m. The north and southbound ramps at Euclid were also closed.
Just before 5 p.m., the left lane reopened, and around 8:30 p.m., CHP canceled the SigAlert and announced that all lanes had reopened.
Images from SkyFOX showed traffic heavily backed up for miles as over a dozen officers stood on the freeway with two tents set up nearby.
While the northbound lanes were closed, traffic was also backed up on the southbound lanes with only one lane of traffic moving.
What we don't know:
Officials did not identify the woman. It wasn't immediately clear how the woman got onto the Freeway.
What's next:
The CHP is still investigating the shooting. Anyone with information should call officers at 951-712-6386.