Tonight hern california h now at 11 00 p. M. The sheriffs deputy is killed in a hail of gunfire. Two other chp officers injured. Tonight had ambush at a Northern California hotel and the bay area suspect. Good evening. The scene of the shoot out, the rumada inn in sacramento. Kpix 5s andria borba is there tonight with new information for us. Reporter Sacramento County sheriffs deputies wont confirm what city the suspect is from or what his name is but they will say he is a 31year old man from the bay area. Hours after a shoot out that left a deputy dead and two chp injured, the light res main in sacramento. It remain in sacramento. 9 30 a. M. This morning when they spotted a stolen car in the Hotel Parking lot. Officers chased the car pthe two and the two women inside. One of those women was on probation so officers moved into search the room at the hotel. The two chp officers knocked on the door and identified themselves. When the suspect inside began to fire through the door. Reporte
For us. Reporter Sacramento County sheriffs deputies wont confirm what city the suspect is from or what his name is but they will say he is a 31year old man from the bay area. Hours after a shoot out that left a deputy dead and two chp injured, the light res main in sacramento. It remain in sacramento. 9 30 a. M. This morning when they spotted a stolen car in the Hotel Parking lot. Officers chased the car pthe two and the two women inside. One of those women was on probation so officers moved into search the room at the hotel. The two chp officers knocked on the door and identified themselves. When the suspect inside began to fire through the door. Reporter both chp officers were hit. Sacramento county sheriffs deputies were waiting. The suspect went to the back balcony of the room, with a high powered rifle, and began to engage our deputies. Reporter that is when 21 year veteran Sacramento County sheriffs Deputy Robert french was shot in the side, killing him. The suspect wasnt done.