It was not unusual that the passing driver was armed in this gun-friendly state with loose regulation.

"A passing motorist who witnessed the attack retrieved a handgun from his vehicle and fired two shots at Pennelas-Escobar after he refused an order to stop attacking Andersson. With Pennelas-Escobar incapacitated, the motorist tended to the wounded trooper but was later drawn back into the dispute when Pennelas-Escobar got up and resumed his assault on Andersson. The motorist then fired a fatal shot at Pennelas-Escobar."


It sounds like the illegal was high as fuck. First he rolled his vehicle killing his girlfriend.
Shoots a police officer No idea why he stopped at 2 shots, maybe he shot more but missed a lot.
Starts a ground and pound.
And then the perp. gets shot maybe a couple of times (hard to tell by the article)
But soon goes back again to finish with some more ground and pound,
Then finally gets shot dead.

Its a shame that California law makers would make such an ability to defend yourself or others almost impossible.

Did you see the body language of the guy who shot the bad guy? He looked devastated at what he had just done - just like most of the rest of us gun owners.

However, we'll probably hear from the usual dumbasses here that he got sexually excited about getting to use his gun to kill someone.

Update with video:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4320064/Moment-Good-Samaritan-shot-man-beating-deputy.html