FRESNO, Calif.—A Fresno police officer has shot and killed a man after a high-speed chase.

It's the sixth officer-involved shooting this year.

The Fresno Bee ( http://bit.ly/MLeb1W) says the 27-year-old man died at a hospital after he was shot Tuesday evening.

Police Chief Jerry Dyer says the man, a wanted parolee with a burglary conviction, was driving a stolen pickup truck when officers began following him.

Officers chased the truck through town at speeds of up to 70 mph before it crashed into a car, injuring a 43-year-old woman, and then hit a pole.

Dyer says an officer was trying to pull the man from the truck but he tried to drive away and another officer shot him.

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Information from: The Fresno Bee, http://www.fresnobee.com


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