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Live updates: 2 SLO police officers shot serving warrant at apartment; suspect dead
May 10 Update 7:10 p.m.:
Two officers were shot while serving a search warrant Monday afternoon at an apartment in the area of South Higuera Street and Margarita Avenue, according to a Police Department news release.
The suspect is dead, and there is no threat to the public at this time, according to the release.
The department gave no details about the condition of the officers.
It is asking people to avoid the area while an investigation is being conducted.
Additional information is expected to be released on the city s website when it becomes available.
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Two police officers were shot Monday one fatally while serving a warrant in San Luis Obispo, California, according to authorities.
Shots were fired around 5:20 p.m. as officers served the warrant at an apartment in the city, reports said.
Detective Luca Benedetti was killed in the shooting, according to the San Luis Obispo Police Department.
Benedetti is survived by his wife and two young children, police said. He had served with the San Luis Obispo Police Department since 2012, and before that spent four years with the Atascadero Police Department.
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STEFANIE DAZIO and JOHN ANTCZAK, Associated Press
May 11, 2021
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1of12Officers take aim at an apartment across Camilla Court, Monday, May 10, 2021, in San Luis Obispo, Calif. Police said two police officers have been shot while serving a search warrant and the suspect has died. (David Middlecamp/The Tribune (of San Luis Obispo) via AP)David Middlecamp/APShow MoreShow Less
2of12This combo of undated photos provided by the San Luis Obispo, Calif., Police Department shows San Luis Obispo Police Det. Luca Benedetti, left, and Det. Steve Orozco. Benedetti was shot and killed while serving a search warrant, Monday, May 10, 2021, in a shootout in the Central Coast city. Det. Orozco, who was injured in the shooting, was released from the hospital and is expected to recover from his wounds, authorities said Tuesday, May 11, 2021. (San Luis Obispo Police Department via AP)APShow MoreShow Less