A man fleeing a Sacramento-area home where a child had been killed was fatally shot Tuesday by a California Highway Patrol officer.

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The man was identified as Marvin Morales, 40 — the child’s father and a former Sacramento County sheriff’s deputy.

According to police in Elk Grove, a woman called them just after 8 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2, to say she was worried about the safety of her two children, who were at home with their father.

When officers arrived at the home, they found that an 11-year-old child had been stabbed. A 6-year-old was unharmed. Morales was not at the house.

A car believed to be Morales’ was spotted by a law enforcement officer on southbound Interstate 5, and the CHP picked up the pursuit. South of Highway 12, as it approached Stockton, the car hit spik

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