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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - One San Luis Obispo police officer was killed and another wounded while they served a search warrant at a residence Monday evening.
Police said the shooting occurred at an apartment on Camellia Court, off Margarita Avenue near South Higuera Street in San Luis Obispo around 5:20 p.m.
The police department said they were serving the warrant when two officers were shot.
The shooter was reportedly shot and killed at the scene.
One officer has died and the second was transported to an area hospital and is listed as being in stable condition.
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Replay Video UP NEXT A California police officer has been killed in the line of duty and another one injured after they were shot while serving a search warrant. The incident occurred at approximately 5:30 p.m. at an apartment complex in San Luis Obispo, California approximately 10 miles north of Pismo beach when the two officers arrived at the residence on Camellia Court, off of Margarita Avenue near South Higuera Street in the city, according to a statement issued by the city of San Luis Obispo.
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A witness at the scene told the San Luis Obispo Tribune she heard loud banging on a door, as well as police yelling, before a series of shots.
San Luis Obispo police officers at the scene where a shooting incident left one colleague dead and another wounded on Monday. The suspected gunman was killed by police. (David Middlecamp / San Luis Obispo Tribune photo)
Monica Rochte, 31, said she could heard the police banging on a door from an apartment across the street, saying, “We’re going to come in. We know you’re in there.”
Rochte was working from home and about to take out the garbage when the commotion began, she said. She decided to stay inside instead.
Officers in San Luis Obispo were serving a search warrant early Monday evening
The first shots were allegedly fired by the suspect before 5:30pm
Officers then returned fire and the gunman was found dead with both a fatal self-inflicted wound and wounds consistent with officers gunfire
Luca Benedetti, a 12-year law enforcement veteran who joined the SLOPD in 2012, was killed in the shooting
Detective Steve Orozco was hospitalized, but was released on Monday evening and is expected to fully recover