What the records say
- When
- 5 Apr 1970
- Kind
- Shooting
- Killed
- 5
- Coordinates
- 34.42° N, 118.59° W
- Description
- shootout in Newhall, Los Angeles County, California in 1970
- Injured
- 1
Newhall incident
Shootout near Santa Clarita, California
The Newhall incident, also called the Newhall massacre, was a deadly shootout on April 5–6, 1970, in Valencia, California, United States, between two heavily armed criminals and four officers of the California Highway Patrol (CHP).
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