Funeral services announced for fallen SLOPD officer
By: KSBY Staff
and last updated 2021-05-14 12:13:35-04
Funeral services for San Luis Obispo Police Det. Luca Benedetti will be held next week, and community members are invited to attend.
Benedetti was killed on Monday when a suspect began shooting at officers who were serving a search warrant at an apartment on Camellia Court.
The 37-year-old leaves behind a wife and two young daughters.
City officials say the public service for Benedetti will begin at the Performing Arts Center at Cal Poly on Thursday, May 20, at 10 a.m. It will be followed by a first responder procession to a private graveside service.
IN THE LINE OF DUTY SLO Police Detective Luca Benedetti (right), 37, was killed on May 10 in an officer-involved shooting. Detective Steve Orozco was injured, but is expected to make a full recovery. Caroline Wichman of San Jose said she tried to warn San Luis Obispo city authorities about the declining mental state of her 35-year-old son, Edward Eddie Zamora Giron II. After losing two jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, Giron fell into isolation and started exhibiting worsening signs of a serious mental illness, she said. In late 2020, Giron disappeared to Mexico for three weeks, which deeply worried the family. It was his erratic behavior when he returned to SLO, though, that worried them even more.
Alleged cop killer suffered mental illness after losing job, mother says
May 13, 2021
Edward Zamora Giron
The San Luis Obispo man who shot and killed one police detective and wounded another suffered from mental illness in the aftermath of losing his job at the rock climbing gym he allegedly burglarized hours prior to the fatal shooting. [KSBY]
Early Monday morning, Edward Zamora Giron allegedly broke into The Pad Climbing in San Luis Obispo and stole undisclosed items. Giron lost his job at The Pad Climbing after coronavirus closures took effect last year, his mother said.
Shortly before 5 p.m. Monday, six officers attempted to serve a search warrant at Giron’s apartment on Camellia Court. The search warrant related to a spree of commercial burglaries, according to local law enforcement.
San Luis Obispo police detective killed in the line of duty identified
May 11, 2021
By KAREN VELIE
San Luis Obispo city officials announced today the name of the detective shot and killed while serving a search warrant as 37-year-old Luca Benedetti.
Shortly before 5 p.m. on Monday, six officers attempted to serve a search warrant on Edward Zamora Giron, 37, at his apartment on Camellia Court, regarding a spree of commercial burglaries. Officers knocked and announced they were there, but Giron did not open the door.
After an extended amount of time, officers broke the door down to find Giron armed and lying in wait. Giron fired at the officers, who returned fire and retreated.
FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
San Luis Obispo Police Detective Luca Benedetti, a 12-year veteran of law enforcement, was shot and killed Monday while serving a search warrant at an apartment in San Luis Obispo, California. The suspected shooter was identified as Edward Zamora Giron, 37, who was found dead following the incident. (San Luis Obispo Police Department/TNS)
2 California police officers fatally shot in less than 24 hours, 3rd wounded
LOS ANGELES A Stockton police officer was fatally shot Tuesday while still inside his police SUV, marking the second California officer to be killed in the line of duty in 24 hours.
Paramedics rushed the Stockton officer and the male suspect to a nearby hospital with multiple gunshot wounds following the 10:30 a.m. shooting. Both later died.