A bizarre and explosive scene unfolded when a woman dressed in black scrubs was seen screaming and taking shots at a Los Angeles County firefighter while he was inside his vehicle Wednesday in Gardena.  

According to officials with L.A. County Fire, personnel were called to the scene on Manhattan Beach Boulevard just after 12 p.m. on reports of a traffic collision.  

In footage of the incident obtained by KTLA, the woman, who was seemingly outraged, is seen yelling and screaming at the firefighter behind the wheel of a department SUV.  

The situation quickly escalates into a physical attack as the woman slaps the public safety officer, at one point balling up her first and pulling back like she was about to punch him in the face.

Frank Rojas, who lives on the street and witnessed the incident, pulled his phone out and recorded the tense situation.  

“I Just hear chaos ensue,” he told KTLA. “I guess it was a fire officer and the officer was trying to deescalate and calm her down. 

Asked what the woman was yelling at the firefighter about, Rojas said it was mostly just curse words and accusing the firefighter of following her.

The woman, later identified as 36-year-old Inglewood resident Jessica Chavez, jumped into her vehicle and started driving around and around until officers with the Gardena Police Department, who came to assist the firefighter, say the 36-year-old deliberately slammed her car into an undercover officer’s vehicle and the L.A. County SUV.  

The impact of the crash tore the rear driver’s side tire off the undercover officer’s vehicle.  

Fortunately, no one was seriously injured during the incident.  

Chavez was arrested and is facing charges of assaulting a firefighter, assault with a deadly weapon and driving under the influence, authorities said.  

A 28-year-old airman who was supporting Operation Inherent Resolve died in a non-combat related incident last Thursday, according to the Air Force. 

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tristen Wright, 28, of Palm Bay, Florida, was assigned to the 27th Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron at Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico.

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“Tristen was a force for good within the 27 SOLRS and beyond,” said U.S. Air Force Major Brent Escay, 27th SOLRS commander in a Cannon Air Force Base news release.

“He was the kind of supervisor who took the privilege of leading and mentoring Airmen seriously. He cared deeply for the Airmen in his flight and volunteered actively within the local community. We’ll never forget how his infectious smile could light up a room.”

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28-year-old Air Force Staff Sgt. Tristen Wright, pictured here as a Senior Airman, passed away on August 15th from non-combat related causes. (Department of Defense)

Staff Sgt. Wright enlisted in 2016 and was with the 27th Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron as a materiel management specialist from 2019 onwards. 

Previously, Wright served with the 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron in Japan at the Kadena Air Force Base from 2017 to 2019.

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“Tristen had a positive impact across the entire Cannon family and local community,” said U.S. Air Force Colonel Robert Johnston, 27th Special Operations Wing commander in a Cannon Air Force Base news release.

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“We are committed to taking care of Tristen’s family and teammates affected by this tragedy. His family and friends remain in our thoughts and prayers.”

Air crews from Hurlburt Field, Fla., secure their aircraft at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M. Oct. 3, 2013. Air frames from the 1st Special Operations wing were relocated to Cannon in an effort to protect government assets in the wake of Tropical Storm Karen. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Matthew Plew)

According to a statement from Cannon Air Force Base, Staff Sgt. Wright received a U.S. Air and Space Force Commendation Medal, a U.S. Air Force Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters and “C” devices, an Air Force Good Conduct Medal with one oak leaf cluster, a Global War on Terrorism Medal and a National Defense Service Medal.

The incident, which occurred at an undisclosed location, is still under investigation.

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Jasmine is a writer at Fox News Digital and a military spouse based in New Orleans. Stories can be sent to jasmine.baehr@fox.com

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A 73-year-old suspected serial killer from Mississippi extradited to Ventura County earlier this month in connection with three strangulation murders nearly a half century ago pled not guilty at his arraignment Wednesday, officials announced.  

In February 2023, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Cold Case Unit began re-examining the deaths of the three women – Kimberly Carol Fritz, Velvet Ann Sanchez and Lorraine Ann Rodriguez – each of whom was killed in 1977, the Ventura County DA’s Office said.  

While the exact circumstances surrounding the women’s deaths were not disclosed by the DA, an article published in 1978 in the Utah publication The Daily Herald stated that the three women were prostitutes who were strangled with their own underwear.  

Sanchez was 31 when she was found dead in an Oxnard motel on Sept. 9, 1977, the Daily Herald reported; the 18-year-old Fritz was found in a motel room on May 29 of that year and Rodriguez, then 22, was found dead near a highway in Oxnard on Dec. 27, but the Herald reported that investigators believed she was also killed at a motel and dumped there. 

After decades and decades of investigation, detectives were eventually able to identify the suspect as Warren Luther Alexander, a resident of Diamondhead, Mississippi. 

Alexander was extradited to Southern California on Aug. 6 from Surry County, North Carolina, where he was awaiting prosecution for a 1992 cold case murder.  

The 73-year-old has been charged by the Ventura County District Attorney’s office with three counts of first-degree murder for the 1977 strangulations.  

He is scheduled to appear in Ventura County Superior Court again on Aug. 30 and is being held in the Ventura County jail without bail.