The Attorney General’s Office announced Friday it will do an independent review of the fatal shooting of a motorcyclist in Newport Beach by police.
Police were conducting a traffic stop with the motorcyclist around 9:15 p.m. Thursday on westbound Pacific Coast Highway between Superior Avenue and Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, police said.
The driver, identified as 45-year-old Geoffrey Shyam Stirling of Laguna Niguel, became “uncooperative,” according to Newport Beach police.
The motorcyclist was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. No officers were injured during the shooting.
The Attorney General’s Office asked anyone with information about the shooting to call 916-210-2871.