Deputy, K-9 and suspect killed in shootout on Cal Expo grounds, Sacramento County sheriff says
Second deputy wounded and hospitalized, authorities say Share Updated: 5:08 PM PST Jan 19, 2021 KCRA Staff
Second deputy wounded and hospitalized, authorities say Share Updated: 5:08 PM PST Jan 19, 2021
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Show Transcript DEPUTY KILLED IN A SHOOT OUT ALONG WITH A K-9 OFFICER. THIS MORNING, A SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHARES DEPUTY IS IN THE HOSPITAL. ANOTHER HAS DIED ALONG WITH THAT K-9 UNIT. DEIRDRE: IT ENDED AT CAL EXPO. THAT AREA IS STILL AN ACTIVE CRIME SCENE. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR YOU. WE WILL START WITH BRIAN HICKEY AT THAT SCENE. BRIAN: THIS IS WHERE THAT INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME THE FLASHING LIGHTS, WHERE THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION CONTINUES INTO THIS DEADLY SHOOTOUT BETWEEN DEPUTIES AND A SUSPECT. ACCORDING TO SHERIFF SCOTT JONES, THIS STARTED AFTER 10:00 LAST NIGHT, WHEN DEPUTIES ATTEMPTED TO STOP TH
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. A sheriff’s deputy, a department K9, and a gunman were all killed in a shootout late Monday night after a brief chase, which ended at the Cal Expo grounds, the Sacramento Sheriff’s Department said. The deputy was not identified but worked with the department for six years.
Another deputy has been hospitalized in stable condition, the office said on Tuesday.
Around 10 p.m. Monday, deputies tried pulling over a driver, who Sheriff Scott Jones said was a parolee. The driver initially stopped, but then took off in his vehicle prompting a chase, the sheriff said. The suspect eventually crashed his car, ending the chase on the Cal Expo grounds near the horse track, KCRA reported.
January 19, 2021
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A California Sheriff’s deputy and a K-9 officer were killed Monday after a chase ended in a shootout, Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones told reporters at a briefing.
The shootout occurred near the California State Fairgrounds when the driver crashed and refused to exit his vehicle, CNN reported.
“One of the K-9 officers deployed a dog to the vehicle to try and assist getting the suspect out,” Jones said. “The suspect immediately shot and killed the K-9 unit and then immediately started firing on the officers.”
“There were a lot of shooting officers, there were a lot of shots fired “The crime scene investigators will want to do their best to try and account for each of the shots,” Jones said.
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