The wanted fugitive who allegedly tried to run down sheriff’s deputies and police with a stolen truck, and was fatally shot by them, was publicly identified today.
(Flickr/Alan Cleaver)
Jeffrey Langenhorst, 50, of Ontario, was pronounced dead at the scene of the confrontation early Saturday at an industrial area in the 4200 block of Hamner Avenue, according to the Riverside County Coroner’s Office.
Langenhorst led the deputies and Chino Police Department officers Saturday on a predawn, high-speed chase that started in San Bernardino County and ended in Eastvale.
Langenhorst’s car drove broke down on southbound Interstate 15 and came to a rest behind a business. Langenhorst jumped out, led officers on a foot chase and at some point entered the the truck, which had been left idling, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.
Sheriff’s officials said Langenhorst was shot as he steered the truck toward them.
San Bernardino County sheriff’s investigators were in charge of the case.
They have not disclosed what started the chase, how many times Langenhorst was shot or why he was wanted.
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i am the “fugitive’s” sister…how do you nosey people with no answers sleep at night? You forgot to enter that he was a loving brother, son, human being with thousands of friends, children of his own and the good he had done in his life. Maybe you need to get that story and really earn your money for your b*** stories.
They are so used to going along doing everything half ass, and we will not get the rest of the facts. Like were is the truck and what started the chase, how did they know he was wanted when the truck was not registered to him.. Report the whole story and not just what the press release tell you. Go find out what kind of person Jeff Langenhorst really was.