On June 5, 1970, a memorial wall honoring the victims of the Newhall Incident was dedicated at the California Highway Patrol’s Newhall Area office in Santa Clarita. The Newhall Incident occurred on April 5, 1970, when four California Highway Patrol officers — Roger Gore, Walter Frago, James “Skip” Pence and George Alleyn — were fatally shot during a traffic stop ...

On April 7, 1970, a shootout that claimed the lives of four California Highway Patrol (CHP) Officers was disclosed in detail by The Valley News and Valley Green News Sheet newspaper. The identities of the four CHP officers were revealed to be Roger Gore, Walt Frago, James “Skip” Pence, and George Alleyn, according to The Valley News and Valley Green ...

On April 5, 1970 was one of the most tragic and pivotal moments unfolded in what became known as the “Newhall Incident” – a deadly shootout that changed law enforcement practices across the nation forever. The evening of the Newhall Incident, four young California Highway Patrol officers – Roger Gore, Walter Frago, James “Skip” Pence and George Alleyn – were ...

One person is dead, and another is injured following a Halloween Shooting in Santa Clarita. Around 11:15 p.m. Friday, first responders received reports of a shooting in the 25000 block of De Wolfe Road in Newhall, according to officials. One person was declared dead on arrival, and a second patient was transported to the hospital in unknown condition, according to ...

In a gun battle with two career criminals that lasted scarcely 4 ½  minutes, four Newhall California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers were killed in the 1970 “Newhall Incident,” a tragedy that would forever impact the future of American policing. In the minutes to midnight between April 5 and April 6, 1970, Newhall CHP Officers Walt Frago, Roger Gore, James Pence ...

In a gun battle that lasted scarcely 4 ½  minutes, four Newhall California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers were killed in the 1970 “Newhall Incident,” a tragedy that would forever impact the future of American policing. In the minutes to midnight between April 5 and April 6, 1970, Newhall CHP Officers Walt Frago, Roger Gore, James Pence and George Alleyn were ...

In a gun battle that lasted scarcely 4 ½  minutes, four Newhall California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers were killed in the 1970 “Newhall Incident,” a tragedy that would forever impact the future of American policing.  In the minutes to midnight between April 5 and April 6, 1970, Newhall CHP Officers Walt Frago, Roger Gore, James Pence and George Alleyn were ...

The California Highway Patrol Newhall office, along with all CHP officers and other law enforcement members, remember four of their brothers killed during the infamous “Newhall Incident” 52 years ago this week. On April 5, 1970, shortly before midnight, Walt Frago, Roger Gore, James Pence and George Alleyn were killed by Bobby Augusta Davis and Jack Twinning, a pair of ...

Officers with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) Newhall Office are remembering their four fallen brothers who were gunned down 51 years ago Monday during the “Newhall Incident.” Shortly before midnight on April 5, 1970, a pair of career criminals shot and killed officers Walt Frago, Roger Gore, James Pence and George Alleyn in a gunbattle following a traffic stop. Bobby ...

Three people were taken into custody Saturday afternoon after a reported fight in Newhall between a gas station employee and several customers involving a “large club” sent one person to the hospital. Just after 11:45 a.m. Saturday, deputies with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station received reports of a fight at the Arco gas station near the intersection of Lyons ...