At Rest

Deadly force
Larry Don Tripp was shot and killed at 4:28 p.m. Tripp rammed a Kern County sheriff's patrol car into a tree with his truck and disobeyed officer commands. Kern County Deputy Victor Garcia and CHP officers Vaughn Cain and Bryan Hefner all shot and killed Tripp.
This record exists so that Larry Don Tripp, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.
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