The incident began when the Sheriff’s Department received an automated license plate reader alert of a stolen vehicle at Highland and Victoria avenues and heading toward San Manuel Casino, the report said.
A shot to his left torso was the fatal wound, according to the report Russo had also been shot in the left bicep. 1, 2017, by Deputy Stephen Sullivant as Russo was trying to flee in a vehicle that had been reported stolen, the report said. Michael David Russo was shot twice on Feb. Two San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies were justified in the fatal shooting of a Riverside man who authorities say struck one deputy with a vehicle and then dragged him at San Manuel Casino last year, a San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office report said.
