WATCH: Deputy recovering from shooting, suspect detained after 4-hour manhunt
ABC13 was there as the suspect was captured after a 4-hour manhunt. Watch the moment in the video above.
A review of records kept by ABC13 shows at least a dozen incidents, including four where law enforcement officers were killed since May 2020.
Separate incidents in 2021 included three deputies who were wounded outside a Midtown nightclub on Jan. 3, and two other law enforcement officers who were fired upon during chases.
The new year of violence began with the shooting outside Club Set in the 2900 block of Travis Street when those uniformed Harris County deputies were working extra jobs. Investigators said 25-year-old Joseph Anthony Gonzalez confronted the deputies with a gun during a fight in the parking lot and shot all three of them. One of the deputies returned fire and hit Gonzalez, the sheriff s office said. During the confrontation, Gonzalez s mother was shot in the leg and later died at the h
Essay: Want police reform? Put yourself in a cop s boots.
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Sarah Cortez is a part-time cop and poet/writer.Eric Kayne, Eric Kayne / For the ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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The dull, hard sheen of summer’s afternoon sun on the roadway hurts my eyes, even through metallic aviators. My next call for service spreads the ache from my tired eyes through my skull. Even the blood pumping through my brain begins to hurt. Squinting doesn’t help.
Family violence always increases a headache because this type of call is so stressful, so unpredictable. On top of the decades-long march of annual statistics that all cops know the probability of getting killed or injured on a family violence call is high it’s the complexity of human dynamics that makes these calls so difficult. It’s not just the swirling desperation that runs at a fever pitch, but the bitter residuals after years of manipulation, frustration and anguish. Stir these toget
Relatives and relative strangers. A vicious virus united us with a prevailing sense of loss. It got to the point when we cringed every time the phone rang or we turned on the television, fearing that there would be news of yet another person passing away. This year has seen the deaths of legends and loved ones alike. Many across the country, and close to home, were claimed by COVID-19, while others succumbed to the ravages of illness or time. Others were children who barely had time to make their marks in this world.
As a rough year ends, The Sacramento OBSERVER takes a minute to reflect and acknowledge some of the many Blacks who died in 2020. They are gone, but not forgotten.