California kidnapping suspect believed killed in shootout

SOLVANG, Calif. (AP) — A young man suspected of abducting a teenage girl in Northern California was killed Thursday after leading sheriff’s deputies on a high-speed chase and engaging in a shootout, authorities said, while the search for the girl continued.
Fernando Castro, 19, whose car had been the subject of an Amber Alert for 15-year-old Pearl Pinson, exchanged gunfire with deputies at a Santa Barbara County mobile home park more than 300 miles to the south, Solano County Sheriff