A woman was hospitalized and all northbound lanes of the 71 Freeway were shut down after an officer-involved shooting in Chino Hills on Friday.
The California Highway Patrol told KTLA that at around 11:30 a.m., officers responded to calls of a woman armed with a knife walking on the freeway’s right shoulder north of Butterfly Ranch Road and Euclid Avenue.
When the first officer arrived, he encountered the woman who was armed with what CHP described as a “large knife.”
“During that encounter, she advanced toward our officer, at which time an officer-involved shooting occurred,” Captain Salvador Suarez told KTLA’s Shelby Nelson live on air.
The woman was struck and injured by a single gunshot wound and transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Suarez said they received reports that the woman had been acting erratically but could not confirm whether she was intoxicated. “It is something that we will be investigating,” he added.
Officials did not immediately have the woman’s identity or age available on Friday afternoon. The officer involved in the shooting was not harmed.
As of 5 p.m., all northbound lanes except for the HOV lane remained closed.
With traffic already backing up not only from rush hour but also for Memorial Day Weekend, CHP said it hopes all lanes can reopen soon.
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