Alameda Hero Down: Police Seek Shooter $10K Reward Offered (Video)

28 year old Alameda County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) Recruit David Nguyen was fatally shot Jan. 4 while driving home from the police academy. Recruit Nguyen was also a member of the California National Guard 870th Military Police Company based in Concord, and served eight years in the military. (Courtesy of the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office)
28 year old Alameda County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) Recruit David Nguyen was fatally shot Jan. 4 while driving home from the police academy. Recruit Nguyen was also a member of the California National Guard 870th Military Police Company based in Concord, and served eight years in the military. Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact the California Highway Patrol at 1-800-TELL-CHP (1-800-835-5247). (Courtesy of the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office)

January 7, 2022 – In Breaking News – SFIST

After 28-year-old Alameda County Sheriff’s deputy-in-training David Nguyen was fatally shot near the Bay Bridge Tuesday, that county’s sheriff’s association is now offering a $10,000 reward for any information that leads to an arrest.

When we first learned this week that a San Francisco man who was in training to be an Alameda County Sheriff’s Deputy was shot and killed on the approach to the Bay Bridge in Oakland, we did not originally know his identity.

But we now know, through many online memorials, that it was 28-year-old David Nguyen, and that heartbreakingly, Nguyen was just one month away from graduating and being sworn on to the force.

(David Nguyen, 28, was identified as the Alameda County sheriff’s recruit killed on an Oakland freeway Tuesday night. Courtesy of KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco and YouTube. Posted on Jan 7, 2022.)

At the time he was shot, he was on his way back to San Francisco from the sheriff’s department training facility in Dublin.

But police are still searching for clues on why Nguyen was shot on Tuesday, with the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office telling KGO that Nguyen was shot for “no apparent reason.”

But they’re determined to get to the bottom of it, as NBC Bay Area reports the Alameda County Deputy Sheriff’s Association is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest of the suspect who shot Nguyen.

Continue reading… Alameda Sheriff’s Association Offers $10,000 Reward for Info on Shooting of Recruit Near Bay Bridge

Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact the California Highway Patrol at 1-800-TELL-CHP (1-800-835-5247).

Editor’s note:

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of Alameda County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) Recruit David Nguyen, both blood, and blue. Thank you for your bravery and commitment to serving the citizens of Alameda County. You will not be forgotten.

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