CHP: Suspect Threw Knife At Officers, Forcing Them To Open Fire

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A clearer picture of the situation that led to a California Highway Patrol officer firing his gun is emerging.
Early Friday afternoon, CHP says Caltrans was clearing a homeless camp near the Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard on-ramp to Highway 99 when workers were allegedly threatened by a homeless man, now identified as 57-year-old Som Chanthachem, armed with a knife.
According to a report released Saturday, CHP says two officers came to help, only for Chanthachem