Man dies in Amador County after shooting involving officer, CHP says
AMADOR COUNTY – A man is dead after a shooting involving a California Highway Patrol officer in Amador County on Thursday evening, authorities said.
Shortly after 5:15 p.m., a CHP officer responded to a call that a vehicle was blocking Old Sacramento Road east of Latrobe Road. This is west of the city of Plymouth.
The CHP said an officer arrived to find the driver's side door open, with a person pushing the vehicle backward while trying to steer it.
After multiple failed vocal attempts to get the man to stop pushing the vehicle — in the direction of opposing lanes — the officer positioned his patrol vehicle directly behind the man's vehicle to stop it, the CHP said.
Shortly after the man's vehicle collided with the patrol vehicle, the officer exited the patrol car and approached the man, who the officer then learned was armed.
The CHP said that is when the shooting happened and the man died. No officers were injured. The officer recovered the suspect's gun.
The man killed was identified as 31-year-old Tyler Balaskovits of Shingle Springs.
According to the CHP, the officer was placed on administrative leave, per policy, as the agency conducts the investigation.
