DEPUTY SAYS MAN HE SHOT WAS DRIVING TRUCK AT HIM.Byline: Daily News THOUSAND OAKS Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. -- A 25-year-old Santa Paula Santa Paula (săn`tə pôl`ə), city (1990 pop. 25,062), Ventura co., S Calif., on the Santa Clara River in a fertile valley that yields citrus fruits, avocados, vegetables, flowers, nursery products, and walnuts; laid out 1875, inc. man, killed Tuesday, was carrying a gun in his waistband and driving his pickup truck toward the Ventura County sheriff's deputy who fatally shot him, officials said Wednesday. About 6:20 p.m. Tuesday, Adrian Canley approached the plainclothes plain·clothes or plain-clothes adj. Wearing civilian clothes while on duty to avoid being identified as police or security: a plainclothes detective. sheriff's detective in a Los Feliz Drive apartment parking lot. The detective, investigating a nonviolent crime unrelated to Canley, said the man was agitated ag·i·tate v. ag·i·tat·ed, ag·i·tat·ing, ag·i·tates v.tr. 1. To cause to move with violence or sudden force. 2. , according to Capt. Ron Nelson, a sheriff's spokesman. Nelson quoted the plainclothes deputy as saying Canley acknowledged that the detective was a law-enforcement officer, but got into his full-size pickup truck and tried to run over him. The detective fired at the advancing truck, Nelson said. Canley was struck once with a bullet and taken to Los Robles Robles is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning oaks, and may refer to:
Nelson said a loaded handgun was found in Canley's waistband. The Sheriff's Department and the Ventura County District Attorney's Office will investigate to determine if the shooting was justified. |
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