Former UC San Diego Grad Student Sentenced to Almost 23 Years for Shooting CHP Officer

Published on April 25, 2024

A UC San Diego physics graduate student was sentenced April 23 to nearly 23 years in state prison after pleading guilty to the attempted murder of a California Highway Patrol officer in San Diego. The incident occurred in April 2022 after 27-year-old Yuhao Du tried to grab a California Highway Patrol officer’s gun during an altercation, causing it to discharge. CHP Officer Antonio Pacheco had pulled over alongside the freeway after Mr. Du crashed his vehicle on Interstate 8 in the San Diego area of Mission Valley, the CHP said. The officer said when he approached Mr. Du after the crash he was unresponsive to his questions and had a “thousand-yard stare.” He said Mr. Du “appeared as if he was staring right through me.”...

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