Glenn Patrick Rose, 25

Glenn Patrick Rose, 25, a white man, was shot and killed by deputies and officers while driving a pickup truck in the 300 block of 1st Avenue in Covina about 2:07 a.m. Tuesday, May 13. 

Authorities said California Highway Patrol officers were on the Pomona Freeway pursuing a 1991 white Honda Accord believed to have been stolen by Rose and his girlfriend. Deputies from the Walnut sheriff's station were asked to assist when the chase moved from the freeway to Covina streets.

L.A. County Sheriff's Department officials said the couple drove into an alley in the 300 block of 1st Avenue, where they abandoned the Accord and took a 1989 burgundy pickup truck that was parked in the alley. According to authorities, a CHP car slammed into the back of the truck as it was pulling out. The truck then collided with a sheriff's patrol car. Still attempting to flee, the driver backed the truck into the same CHP car, then drove toward deputies who were taking cover behind a nearby vehicle. Fearing for their lives, deputies and CHP officers fired several shots.  Rose was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Lt. David Coleman of the Sheriff's Homicide Bureau.

Rose's girlfriend, Sarah Morales, 24, a white woman, was arrested shortly after the shooting. She was charged with assaulting an officer and unlawfully driving or taking a vehicle.

Comments

[Covina Resident]

The means to this situation was justified. These type of thugs have no respect for authority or human life. Bob and Tom are incorrect in their statements. As a Covina resident, where this happend and where I live, to have this happen in my neighborhood? What would you do if your kid is playing outside and a fool like this crashes into him/her? To have a thug avoid police at whatever cost doesn't deserve to live. These kind of people are the future rapists and murderers of Los Angeles. Grow up in the worst streets in Los Angeles, and then you can talk. The police are the heroes here. Don't base your opinion about cops on a few bad apples, the majority are fighting to get thugs like these out of communities.

[tom]

Although it is justified sometimes, when police shoot someone under these circumstances (trying to flee) they always say they fear for thier lives. Many times they shoot out of anger and frustration, rather than fearing for thier lives. Bob you are right, and as long as the public condones ithese "fear for thier life" shootings, they will continue at a record pace.

[L.A. Native]

Bob, your post make NO sense. Did you read the article? These individuals rammed a car into the deputies after being chased. A car can and has been used as a deadly weapon. If you read the homicide blog the crimes being committed on the streets of Los Angeles have become increasingly more violent. Are there officers that make mistakes or act negligently? Yes, but they are a very small number. Just like in rough communities most people who live there are just trying to support and raise their families but it is the small number of vicious thugs that can create chaos/destruction in the community.

[bob]

From what I have read in all the encounters the police have with people that they shoot to death the police are sure fearing for their lives an awful lot.So let me get this straight all the police have to do to justify shooting and killing someone is to say( gee we or I fear for my life).Well maybe the public needs to give the police a reason to "fear for their lives".the police sure to be shooting a lot of people these days in the name of (fearing for their lives).Perhaps its just easier for the police to handle a corpse than it is for the police to talk to a live person.Plus you really need to consider the source also the police aren't always known for telling the truth,they will say whatever they think will get them off the hook.