Suspect fatally shot after shooting a CHP officer, stealing his cruiser, and a fiery crash

According to a report from CHP, the incident started when a CHP officer went to check on what he thought was a disabled vehicle.

The white Honda was parked on the shoulder of I-5.

It had dark tint on the windows and a sunshade covering the front windshield.

Dash camera video from the officer’s patrol car shows the 10-year veteran officer approach the vehicle on the passenger side.

“Hey, can you roll down your window?” the officer is heard saying to the man inside the vehicle.

However, the driver refused to roll down the window. He gets out of the vehicle instead and shoots the officer.

The ordeal happened quickly. The officer was shot at just one minute after the officer stopped to check on the driver.

Then two minutes later, the suspect begins shooting at the officer again, striking him, before stealing the patrol car.

Dash camera video from the patrol car shows the suspect, later identified as Joseph Michael Pate, swerving in and out of traffic.

Pate managed to get out and was taken into custody. (See CHP body-worn camera video below that shows this. Warning: The content is disturbing.)

He was taken to a hospital where he died.

The officer was shot in the abdomen, shoulder and leg. He has physically recovered and is back on the force.

CHP chopper video taken after the incident shows the yellow evidence markers and how dangerously close the gunshots came to other drivers.