Detective Luca Benedetti remembered by colleagues
and last updated 2021-05-11 22:44:16-04
37-year-old Luca Benedetti called the San Luis Obispo Police Department his home for the past 9 years, putting his life on the line defending the community he loved.
Community members and colleagues with broken hearts reacted to his loss by presenting flowers and speaking about the presence he had as a detective and as a family man.
Acting Police Chief Brian Amoroso said, âDetective Benedetti was hired by SLO PD in 2012. Prior to that, he worked for four years as a police officer with the city of Atascadero. He is survived by his wife and his two young children.â
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.
Community members show support for San Luis Obispo Police Department
San Luis Obispo Police Department
and last updated 2021-05-11 22:45:16-04
Flowers, food, and other goods were dropped off at the department on Santa Rosa Street. There s been a trauma, Samantha Watkins said. When your community is going through trauma, you show up. And so I just wanted to show support.
Multiple flower deliveries were dropped off at the department by San Luis Obispo-based Open Air Flowers. A lot of outreach and support, said Tony May, a delivery driver for Open Air Flowers. The community is pretty tight. When something like this happens that s huge, (they) show a lot of love it seems like.
Two California police officers were killed while on duty in a 24-hour span, officials say
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Two California police officers were killed while on duty in the span of 24 hours, officials said Tuesday.
Detective Luca Benedetti with the San Luis Obispo Police Department was fatally shot Monday evening by a suspect in an apartment complex while police were executing a search warrant for allegedly stolen property, the department said Tuesday. Another officer, Detective Steven Orozco, was wounded during that shooting and was treated at a hospital.
In Stockton, Officer Jimmy Inn was shot and killed Tuesday morning while responding to a domestic violence call, officials said. The suspect who shot Inn was killed by another officer who later arrived on the scene.