ROSEVILLE, Calif.—The suspect in a Northern California shooting last week was wearing body-armor vest when he took two hostages in a public park, killing one, wounding the other and opening fire at California Highway Patrol officers, authorities said.
The CHP officers approached suspect Eric Abril on April 6 near Mahany Park in Roseville, northeast of Sacramento, authorities said. He was wanted for questioning in connection with a freeway shooting.
But the situation turned violent. The officers confronted Abril—in a park where families played nearby at baseball fields and children attended camp—and he took two hostages in response and opened fire, prompting a gun battle that became deadly, authorities said….