Blood Drive Set for Wounded CHP Officer
A blood drive to benefit California Highway Patrol Officer Rafael “Ralph” Casillas, who is fighting for his life after a car chase that ended in a gunfight, will be held Friday at the CHP office in Santa Ana.
The blood drive will be from 9 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. at the Santa Ana CHP office, 2031 E. Santa Clara Ave., authorities said.
Casillas, 31, had spotted a man speeding down the freeway Wednesday and attempted to stop him. Following the chase, the man opened fire on the Newhall-based officer and struck him in the abdomen, wrist and thigh.
The suspect, 25-year-old Terry James Parker, a Granada Hills resident with a lengthy arrest record, was shot and killed three hours later after firing at three Los Angeles officers who were searching for him, authorities said.
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