June 20, 2019 – In Breaking News – Fox News
A police officer in Sacramento, Calif., died late Wednesday hours after a suspect opened fire on her and other officers while responding to a domestic violence call.
Police later identified the slain officer as 26-year-old Tara O’Sullivan.
The suspected gunman surrendered to authorities after he’d barricaded himself inside a home for nearly eight hours, The Sacramento Bee reported.
O’Sullivan had been working for the city since January 2018, according to city records cited by the paper.
(Devastated members of the Sacramento State University community remembered rookie Sacramento police officer and recent grad Tara O’Sullivan, who was killed by a gunman Wednesday while helping a woman during a domestic violence call. Courtesy of CBS News and YouTube. Posted on Jun 20, 2019.)
She was part of the first class of graduates of Sacramento State’s Law Enforcement Candidate Scholars program in 2017 and went on to the Sacramento Police Academy.
Several officers were on a domestic disturbance call, helping a woman collect her belongings and leave a home on Redwood Avenue near Edgewater, when the officer was wounded, Sgt. Vance Chandler said.
Deputy Chief Dave Peletta said O’Sullivan was partnered with a training officer when she was shot just before 6 p.m.
(A Sacramento police officer was shot in north Sacramento Wednesday evening. Sgt. Vance Chandler is taking questions. Courtesy of ABC10 and YouTube. Posted on Jun 19, 2019.)
O’Sullivan lay in the backyard of a home and officers couldn’t reach her because the gunman kept firing, Chandler said.
Police were swarming backyards in search of a suspect and warning residents to stay inside. Multiple gunshots were reportedly heard.
It is with a broken heart that we have to share with all of you that earlier today we lost one of our own. While on a call for service in North Sacramento, Officer Tara O’Sullivan was shot and killed. She gave her young life while protecting our community pic.twitter.com/MXr7C4M5qJ
— Sacramento Police (@SacPolice) June 20, 2019
The gunman likely fired from the backyard of a home there, the Sacramento Bee reported.
The paper, citing police scanner chatter, reported a suspect was pinned down and officers authorized to use lethal force.
Police said other officers maintained cover for about 40 minutes until they were able to get an armored vehicle in the area and execute a rescue of O’Sullivan.
It took more than 45 minutes to get her to the hospital, Chandler said.
(Sacramento Police have identified the suspect in the shooting death of Officer Tara O’Sullivan. Adel Sambrano Ramos has a lengthy criminal record dating back to 1995. Courtesy of ABC10 and YouTube. Posted on Jun 20, 2019.)
Continue reading… Sacramento cop fatally shot by gunman in ambush, suspect surrenders after 8-hour standoff: report
Editor’s note: Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of Officer Tara O’Sullivan, both blood and blue. Thank you for your bravery in serving the citizens of Sacramento with pride and distinction. You will not be forgotten.
Our hearts are with Tara’s family, whose pain can hardly be imagined. Please hold her family in your thoughts and prayers. #sacpd #18BR2 #inthelineofduty
— Sacramento Police (@SacPolice) June 20, 2019
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