Rookie California Police Officer Was Ambushed by Bystander
By: Benjy Egel, Vinecent Moleski, & Sam Stanton, The Sacramento Bee
DAVIS, California — The shooting death of Davis Police Officer Natalie Corona Thursday night began with a routine collision that spiraled out of control when a bystander suddenly opened fire on Corona at close range, according to one of the drivers in the crash.
Christian Pascual, a 25-year-old University of California, Davis graduate, was driving a 1996 Infiniti on Fifth Street just before 7 p.m. when another vehicle hit his car and sent Pascual out of control and crashing into a third vehicle, he told the Sacramento Bee Friday morning.
Pascual got out of his vehicle to exchange information with the other drivers as Corona arrived and began talking to the drivers.
