Community members pay respects for fallen SLOPD officer with vigil and memorial
KSBY
and last updated 2021-05-15 20:01:22-04
Community members are stopping by the San Luis Obispo Police Department to pay their respects for Detective Luca Benedetti.
Det. Benedetti died Monday when a commercial buglrary suspect shot at officers who were serving a search warrant at an apartment on Camellia Court.
Flowers, balloons, flags and other mementos surround the police station on Walnut St. When I saw on the news that he had passed away, my heart hurt. It ached. I was with a couple of friends and we decided he deserves for us to pay our respects, San Luis Obispo County resident Chloe Medlock said.
Nearly $400,000 raised for slain officer’s wife and two children
May 13, 2021
By JOSH FRIEDMAN
A GoFundMe raising money for the family of slain San Luis Obispo Police Detective Luca Benedetti has amassed more than $380,000 in donations, as of Thursday evening.
Benedetti, 37, died in a shootout with a reportedly mentally ill man whom officers attempted to serve with a search warrant on Monday. The detective had served as a San Luis Obispo police officer since 2012 and was a member of the SLO Regional SWAT Team.
The San Luis Obispo Police Officers’ Association and the SLO Regional SWAT Team launched the GoFundMe to aid Benedetti’s wife and two daughters.