Newhall massacre: Four California Highway Patrol officers are killed in a shootout.
Shootout near Santa Clarita, California
🗓️ April 6, 1970 • 📅 ACF Date: 19700406
The Newhall incident, also called the Newhall massacre, was a deadly shootout on April 5–6, 1970, in Valencia, California, United States, between 2 heavily armed criminals and 4 officers of the California Highway Patrol (CHP). In less than 30 minutes, 4 CHP officers and one of the suspects were killed and another man was pistol-whipped in what was at the time the deadliest day in the history of California law enforcement.
