Keith Frederick Prante, 36, fired on a San Bernardino police officer who shot back. No one was reported injured.
Keith Frederick Prante, 36, had pleaded guilty on July 20 at Southwest Justice Center in French Valley to shooting at a vehicle and being a prohibited person in possession of a loaded firearm. A charge of assault with a semiautomatic firearm was dismissed, Superior Court records show.
The crime happened around 7:45 p.m. on Feb. 20, 2021, as the officer headed east on Ortega Highway, also known as Highway 74. He was being tailed by a motorist who was honking his horn, flashing his headlights and “driving dangerously,” the California Highway Patrol said.Crime and Public Safety |The motorist crossed into oncoming lanes to pull ahead of the officer and stopped abruptly in front of his car west of Decker Canyon Road, and then fired at him. The suspect fled east.
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