Police officers shoot, kill San Diego County murder suspect outside of Orange County In-N-Out
Police officers in Orange County shot and killed a man who was a suspect in a San Diego County murder investigation early Saturday morning, authorities confirmed.
The Orange County Sheriff's Department, and later the Newport Beach Police Department, confirmed the fatal shooting in a series of posts to social media on Saturday morning.
NBPD said that officers with the Carlsbad Police Department responded to reports of a shooting at an apartment complex in the 2300 block of Rising Glen Way around 9:53 p.m. Friday. Upon arrival, they found a deceased woman suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The deceased woman's vehicle was determined to be stolen by the suspect.
The Laguna Beach Police Department later received a notification from a license plate reader at El Toro Road and Laguna Canyon Road, telling officers that the suspect vehicle was nearby.
According to OCSD, units from the Newport Beach Police Department and an Irvine Police Department K9 Unit began a pursuit of the man on the 5 Freeway.
At some point, the man exited the freeway in Laguna Hills and officers continued the pursuit. When he reached the busy intersection of El Toro Road and Avenida De La Carlota, the man exited his vehicle and fired a gun in the direction of the officers, authorities said.
In response, officers from the Newport Beach Police Department and an officer from the Irvine Police Department returned fire. The man then continued on foot into the parking lot of the In-N-Out Burger located at 24001 Avenida de La Carlota.
Multiple officers returned fire, authorities said. They also noted that several police vehicles were struck by gunfire, but no officers or civilians were injured in the shootout. Some witnesses recounted hearing as many as 40 shots fired during the incident.
The suspect was transported to a local hospital, where he later died. He was identified later Saturday as 31-year-old Rancho Santa Margarita man Andre Anthony Matijasevic by OCSD officials.
The victim's identity had not been released publicly as of Saturday night.
