National Toll: Four Police Officers Shot, Killed, in Less than 24 Hours
12 May 2021
Four police officers were shot and killed during a time-frame of less than 24-hours stretching from Monday evening into Tuesday morning.
The deceased law enforcement personnel–a combination of officers and deputies–were shot in three different incidents which occurred in California and Texas.
KSBY reports detective Luca Benedetti was gunned down in San Luis Obispo, California, Monday around 5 p.m. Pacific Time, while serving a search warrant.
Thirty-seven-year-old Benedetti was met with gunfire and fatally wounded as he entered the suspect’s apartment.
Shortly thereafter, at 8:40 p.m. Central Time, two sheriff’s deputies in Concho County, Texas, were shot and killed while responding to a dog complaint.
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN
Updated 3:06 AM ET, Wed May 12, 2021
Detective Luca Benedetti with the San Luis Obispo Police Department (left) and Officer Jimmy Inn with the Stockton Police Department were both killed during a 24-hour period. (CNN)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.
SLO police identify officer killed in Monday shooting
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - The San Luis Obispo Police Department has identified the officer who was killed in the line of duty Monday as well as the man suspected of killing him.
The police department says Detective Luca Benedetti was the officer shot and killed Monday evening while serving a search warrant at a San Luis Obispo apartment. Benedetti was a 12-year law enforcement veteran, the police department said.
Detective Steve Orozco was also injured in the shooting and was transported to the hospital where he was treated and released. He is expected to make a complete recovery.
By STEFANIE DAZIO and JOHN ANTCZAK
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) â Two California police officers were shot and killed and a third was wounded within 24 hours this week in two separate incidents, authorities said Tuesday.
The deaths occurred during National Police Week, an annual event that honors law enforcement officers who were killed or disabled in the line of duty.
Jimmy Inn, an officer in the Northern California city of Stockton, was fatally shot Tuesday morning while responding to a domestic violence incident, Stockton Police Chief Eric Jones said in a news conference.
In San Luis Obispo, a central California city about 250 miles (402.34 kilometers) south of Stockton, Detective Lucas âLucaâ Benedetti was shot and killed while serving a search warrant Monday evening.