LIVE: Parts of I-80 closed in Solano County with CHP in standoff with suspect

By Yosi Yahoudai
Founder and Managing Partner

Parts of Interstate 80 are shut down in Solano County on Friday afternoon as California Highway Patrol deputies are involved in a standoff with a suspect. CHP chased the suspect’s vehicle on the freeway until it came to a stop in the slow lane of the eastbound side of I-80 near Fairfield.Watch our evening newscasts live here.As of 3:45 p.m., the vehicle was stopped at Green Valley Road close to the Interstate 680 connector. Traffic is being held on both sides of I-80. CHP officers have the vehicle surrounded. According to NBC Bay Area, the pursuit started around 2 p.m. in Rohnert Park in Sonoma County. Around 11 a.m. a woman reported that someone fired a shot at her vehicle on southbound Highway 101 near Windsor, according to NBC Bay Area. She was not hit. The suspect in this pursuit matches the description, including the license plate, that the woman shared with police.Officers deployed spike strips throughout the pursuit, and the driver went over one on Interstate 80 just west of Cordelia Junction, according to NBC Bay Area.CHP officers are trying to talk the suspect out of the vehicle.See KCRA 3’s traffic map. This is a developing story. Stay with KCRA 3 for the latest.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app.

SOLANO COUNTY, Calif. —

Parts of Interstate 80 are shut down in Solano County on Friday afternoon as California Highway Patrol deputies are involved in a standoff with a suspect.

CHP chased the suspect’s vehicle on the freeway until it came to a stop in the slow lane of the eastbound side of I-80 near Fairfield.

As of 3:45 p.m., the vehicle was stopped at Green Valley Road close to the Interstate 680 connector. Traffic is being held on both sides of I-80.

CHP officers have the vehicle surrounded.

According to NBC Bay Area, the pursuit started around 2 p.m. in Rohnert Park in Sonoma County.

Around 11 a.m. a woman reported that someone fired a shot at her vehicle on southbound Highway 101 near Windsor, according to NBC Bay Area. She was not hit. The suspect in this pursuit matches the description, including the license plate, that the woman shared with police.

Officers deployed spike strips throughout the pursuit, and the driver went over one on Interstate 80 just west of Cordelia Junction, according to NBC Bay Area.

CHP officers are trying to talk the suspect out of the vehicle.

See KCRA 3’s traffic map.

This is a developing story. Stay with KCRA 3 for the latest.

See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app.

About the Author

Yosi Yahoudai is a founder and the managing partner of J&Y. His practice is comprised primarily of cases involving automobile and motorcycle accidents, but he also represents people in premises liability lawsuits, including suits alleging dangerous conditions of public property, third-party criminal conduct, and intentional torts. He also has expertise in cases involving product defects, dog bites, elder abuse, and sexual assault. He earned his Bachelor of Arts from the University of California and is admitted to practice in all California State Courts, and the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. If you have any questions about this article, you can contact Yosi by clicking here.

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