California Highway Patrol Officer Fatally Shoots Man Walking on Freeway, Prompting Investigation

LOS ANGELES—State authorities were investigating Nov. 20 after a California Highway Patrol officer shot and killed a man over the weekend in the middle of a Los Angeles area freeway during a struggle recorded on video. Sunday afternoon’s deadly encounter occurred after the highway patrol responded to multiple calls of a male pedestrian walking in westbound lanes of Interstate 105 in south L.A. County, the agency said in a statement. All traffic in that direction was temporarily blocked. “During the contact with the pedestrian, a struggle ensued and an officer-involved shooting occurred,” the statement said. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s office confirmed the person died but did not provide identification, pending notification of family. A cause of death was not immediately released....