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VISTA, CA – The man killed by Oceanside police this week was on parole and had a history of stealing cars and using methamphetamine, according to court records. Police said Josue Garcia, 23, of Vista, was driving a stolen Chrysler PT Cruiser when a motorcycle officer tried to make a traffic stop Wednesday morning. Garcia tried to run over the officer in the parking lot of La Valle de Vista apartment complex on Taylor Street, police said, before he was fatally shot. The Oceanside officer was identified yesterday as Clint Bussey, who has been with the department for 3½ years....

A car-theft suspect who was shot and killed by Oceanside police Wednesday has been identified by the county Medical Examiner's Office as 23-year-old Josue Garcia of Vista. No new details in the shooting were released by police yesterday. The officer's name is expected to be released today. Garcia was pronounced dead in the parking lot of La Valle de Vista apartment complex on Taylor Street yesterday morning after he was shot about 8:45 a.m. Police said Garcia, who was driving a stolen Chrysler PT Cruiser, tried to run down the motorcycle officer in the parking lot. The officer was responding...