Northern California man shot by officer after Sunday pursuit identified by CHP

Michael McGough
·2 min read

The California Highway Patrol has identified an Oroville man accused of opening fire on an officer following a Sunday pursuit through rural Northern California and who remains hospitalized with serious injuries after the officer returned fire on him.

Aaron Tobias Quinn, 44, is in custody and will face charges including attempted murder of a peace officer, pending release from the hospital, the CHP’s Oroville office said in an update Tuesday.

CHP officials in a Sunday news release said an officer attempted to stop a driver for speeding in the Oroville area around 9 a.m. that day.

The driver failed to pull over and led the officer on a chase along numerous Butte and Yuba county roads before eventually crashing into a power pole, according to the news release.

The Oroville man opened fire “immediately” after the crash, and the CHP officer returned fire, according to Sunday and Tuesday’s statements. The officer was not hurt.

Quinn was taken to a hospital with “major” injuries, where he remained in treatment as of Tuesday, according to the CHP. It was not clear whether Quinn had injuries from the vehicle crash in addition to gunshot injuries.

The CHP in Tuesday’s update said the crash and ensuing shooting happened on La Porte Road in Yuba County, near the town of Rackerby.

Quinn has a substantial criminal history dating to 1995, Butte County Superior Court records show.

During a June 2007 pursuit, Quinn rammed a truck into then-Oroville Police Chief Mitch Brown’s vehicle, the Oroville Mercury-Register reported at the time, leaving Brown and a lieutenant with minor injuries.

Quinn was convicted for that incident on charges including assault, vehicle theft and evasion, and sentenced to more than 9 years in prison, court records show.

At the time of Sunday’s incident, he was pending an April court appearance for a felony charge of carrying a dirk or dagger, filed in 2021.

Sunday’s incident is being investigated by the CHP, the Yuba County District Attorney’s Office and the California Department of Justice’s Bureau of Forensic Services, according to Tuesday’s news release.

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