{"id":5941,"date":"2026-07-31T17:38:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T17:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=5941"},"modified":"2026-07-31T17:38:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T17:38:52","slug":"pulled-over-in-southern-california-neighborhood-driver-opens-trunk-and-shoots-his-kidnap-victim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=5941","title":{"rendered":"Pulled over in Southern California neighborhood, driver opens trunk and shoots his kidnap victim"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pulled over by deputies investigating gunshots in a Southern California hillside neighborhood, a driver opened his trunk in front of them and shot the kidnapped person inside.<\/p>

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The deputies then fatally shot the gunman.<\/p>\n

The shocking violence followed a report of gunshots around 10:15 p.m. Wednesday in a neighborhood in Chino Hills, about 10 miles northeast of Anaheim.<\/p>\n

San Bernardino County sheriff\u2019s deputies responding to the call attempted a traffic stop on a speeding Nissan that had an Oregon license plate, sheriff\u2019s spokesperson Gloria Orejel said. The driver led them on a pursuit for about a mile before pulling over.<\/p>\n

The deputies then ordered the driver and his front-seat passenger to step out. Both complied \u2014 but the driver went around to the trunk, opened it and fired a shot into it, Orejel said.<\/p>\n

At least one deputy fired at the driver, killing him. The passenger was arrested without further incident.<\/p>\n

The man in the trunk was found to be dead. He apparently had been abducted from a home and was shot at least once before being put into the Nissan\u2019s truck.<\/p>

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The sheriff\u2019s department did not say whether the kidnappers are thought to have known their victim.<\/p>

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At the home from which the man was abducted, an outside circuit breaker box was hanging open and what was apparently blood was spattered on the driveway.<\/p>\n

A neighbor, who asked that his name not be used, said he believed that the victim was a businessman, perhaps in his late 50s, who was married and had three children.<\/p>\n

The neighbor said that his Ring security video cut out around 10:09 p.m. Wednesday\u2014 five minutes before the shooting was reported \u2014 and resumed at 10:24 p.m. It is unclear whether that outage was related to the crime.<\/p>

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    \"Family<\/figure>\n
    Family members gather outside home on Monteverde Drive, in Chino Hills after a\n\u00a0man was shot and kidnapped Wednesday night, July 29. (Photo by KNN News)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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    \"Blood<\/figure>\n
    Blood on the driveway at the victim\u2019s house at 2000 block of Monteverde Drive in Chino Hills.\n(BRIAN ROKOS\/ The Press-Enterprise\/SCNG)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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    \"Circuit<\/figure>\n
    Circuit breaker box is open at a victim\u2019s house at 2000 block of Monteverde Drive in Chino Hills.\n(BRIAN ROKOS\/ The Press-Enterprise\/SCNG)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><\/div><\/div><\/ul>