A CALIFORNIA police chief yesterday said a sex attacker who kidnapped and raped two teenage girls was minutes away from killing his victims when he was shot dead by sheriff's deputies.

A California police chief said a sex attacker who kidnapped and raped two teenage girls was minutes away from killing his victims when he was shot dead by sheriff’s deputies.

Two teenage girls who were kidnapped at gunpoint from a lovers’ lane were found alive today after the suspected abductor was killed in a police shootout.