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Santa Cruz Co. sheriff’s sergeant killed, 2 other officers shot in ambush; suspect wounded and in custody
KTLA.com ^ | June 6, 2020

Posted on 06/07/2020 5:26:53 AM PDT by KeyLargo

Santa Cruz Co. sheriff’s sergeant killed, 2 other officers shot in ambush; suspect wounded and in custody

by: Associated Press Posted: Jun 6, 2020 / 09:34 PM PDT / Updated: Jun 6, 2020 / 11:11 PM PDT

A Northern California sheriff’s deputy was killed and two law enforcement officers wounded Saturday when they were ambushed with gunfire and explosives while pursuing a suspect, authorities said.

Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller, 38, was shot and killed in Ben Lomond, an unincorporated area near Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County Sheriff Jim Hart said. A second deputy was injured, and a third officer from the California Highway Patrol was shot in his hand, Hart said. Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller, 38, pictured in a photo released by the agency after he was shot and killed in the line of duty on June 6, 2020.Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Department Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller, 38, pictured in a photo released by the agency after he was shot and killed in the line of duty on June 6, 2020.

Gutzwiller “was a beloved figure here at the sheriff’s office,” the sheriff said.

“Damon showed up today to do his job, to keep this community safe, and his life was taken needlessly,” a visibly shaken Hart said.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: amabushed; killed; officers; police
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1 posted on 06/07/2020 5:26:53 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

you can see the perp here..but apparently the site is getting hit with traffic at the moment after i posted a thread on it

https://wikiaboutworld.com/steven-carrillo-biography-wiki/


2 posted on 06/07/2020 5:28:17 AM PDT by RummyChick (Don't be offended because I don't care anymore. Realize I once did but your hatred blinded you.)
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To: RummyChick

Probably being scrubbed. I volunteer to prepare his food. Positive I have some lye around here.


3 posted on 06/07/2020 5:33:01 AM PDT by Mouton (The media is the enemy of the people.)
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To: KeyLargo

Bomb Making Factory for the Riots?


4 posted on 06/07/2020 5:34:20 AM PDT by dila813
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To: KeyLargo

Many people in the liberal $hit hole of Santa Cruz are celebrating this development.


5 posted on 06/07/2020 5:36:15 AM PDT by DAC21
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To: RummyChick

Active duty Air Force?


6 posted on 06/07/2020 5:42:29 AM PDT by johniegrad
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To: RummyChick

Here is the MF’er,

This makes me sick

God Bless our Police.

Police lives matter.

https://wikiaboutworld.com/steven-carrillo-biography-wiki/


7 posted on 06/07/2020 5:43:06 AM PDT by sweetiepiezer (Winning is not getting old!!!!)
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To: johniegrad

I wouldnt take everything there at face value. Needs confirmation.


8 posted on 06/07/2020 5:44:52 AM PDT by RummyChick (Don't be offended because I don't care anymore. Realize I once did but your hatred blinded you.)
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To: RummyChick

The ABC7 I-Team has new information on Carillo since officials identified him. The I-Team has learned he is 32 years-old and an active duty US Air Force sergeant based out of Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield.


9 posted on 06/07/2020 5:46:23 AM PDT by RummyChick (Don't be offended because I don't care anymore. Realize I once did but your hatred blinded you.)
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To: KeyLargo

The fifth-column leftist media (e.g., ABCCBSCNNMSNBCNYTNPRPBSWP) bears significant complicity in this murder and shootings with the hype the media have given to the insurrections and the euphemisms, like “protesters,” they have used for the rioters, looters, arsonists, and traitors.


10 posted on 06/07/2020 5:51:42 AM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: RummyChick

No-knock gone bad?


11 posted on 06/07/2020 5:52:20 AM PDT by Fido969 (In!)
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To: KeyLargo
The killer's face deserves to be plastered everywhere - but the media won't do it. And yes, this is probably being celebrated in Santa Cruz:

Damon Gutzwiller, 38, was shot and killed by Steven Carrillo Saturday evening. He leaves behind a wife and a small child with another on the way.


12 posted on 06/07/2020 6:06:46 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Baby)
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To: KeyLargo

I’m going to go out on a limb here. These tragic killings could stop if every LEO treats every perp according to their department guidelines. No more, no less. The knee to the neck for eight minutes cannot be department policy. I understand that a white guy recently had the knee to the neck treatment and no todo was made of that.


13 posted on 06/07/2020 6:07:14 AM PDT by New Jersey Realist (Those who give up some freedom for some liberty deserve neither.)
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To: Bon of Babble

he was part of an elite air force team

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Steven Carrillo, 60th SFS defender and Raven apprentice spars with a Raven in a sparring suit Sept. 26, 2018, at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. Raven apprentices train prior to attending the Phoenix Raven curriculum at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jonathon D. A. Carnell)

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TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The United States Air Force has an elite security unit that’s filled with individuals trained for a specific job: protecting aircraft and crews from enemy assaults while on the ground in austere and dangerous areas.


14 posted on 06/07/2020 6:10:39 AM PDT by RummyChick (Don't be offended because I don't care anymore. Realize I once did but your hatred blinded you.)
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To: Fido969

No, the guy tried to make off with cop cars


15 posted on 06/07/2020 6:13:11 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: New Jersey Realist

This has nothing to do with a knee.


16 posted on 06/07/2020 6:14:15 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: piasa

here is a purported transcript of one guy’s arrest

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/06/18833874.php


17 posted on 06/07/2020 6:15:30 AM PDT by RummyChick (Don't be offended because I don't care anymore. Realize I once did but your hatred blinded you.)
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To: New Jersey Realist

This looks like it’s a case of an elite soldier who went nuts...or has been nuts for awhile. His wife’s death case needs to be reopened.


18 posted on 06/07/2020 6:17:47 AM PDT by RummyChick (Don't be offended because I don't care anymore. Realize I once did but your hatred blinded you.)
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To: KeyLargo

From the Wiki link:
“Carrillo is survived by his wife, Monika Carrillo, who was a First Class Airmen in the Air Force, but she died in an off-base hotel in South Carolina in 2018.”
Maybe someone can interpret this for me, I’m not very good at comprehending modern “journospeak”.
He’s survived by his wife, who is dead? How does that work?


19 posted on 06/07/2020 6:20:24 AM PDT by Fireone (Build the gallows first, then the wall!)
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To: Fireone

could be translation issue or someone not familiar with the way we do obits

but yes, he wife is dead under weird circumstances


20 posted on 06/07/2020 6:30:09 AM PDT by RummyChick (Don't be offended because I don't care anymore. Realize I once did but your hatred blinded you.)
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