California Officer Wounded, Gunman Killed in Saturday Shootout

A Saturday night shootout between a man and a police officer and two deputies in downtown Sonora, Calif., left the man dead and the officer and a bystander injured. The shootout came after the man led authorities on a roughly 3-mile pursuit.

A Saturday night shootout between a man and a police officer and two deputies in downtown Sonora, Calif., left the man dead and the officer and a bystander injured. The shootout came after the man led authorities on a roughly 3-mile pursuit.

Tuolumne County Sheriff Jim Mele identified the man as Bruce Thomas Snyder, 29, whose last known address was Jamestown. Authorities told the Modesto Bee that Snyder was on parole for assault with a deadly weapon.

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