Benjamin David Larson

Deadly force

Benjamin David Larson was shot at by officers when he allegedly fired at officers with a handgun after leading them on a other chase on Interstate 5. He then got in his other and soon after was found dead inside. The shooting was the culmination of a chase that began in Redding shortly before 5:30 a.m. when a Redding police officer saw a Honda Civic that may have been stolen. It was determined later by pathology that while officers had shot at him, Larson had actually died from a self-inflicted gunshot.