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Modesto CA April 14 2012 I heard a gunshot,” said the witness, who declined to be identified. “Then I heard four gunshots. Then I heard three gunshots, then another 14.”
He said he watched officers remove the body of a man wearing a white T-shirt and jeans and also saw four officers carry out the body of the deputy who was killed.
Another man who asked not to be identified said he watched the deputy and the second man start to drill through a lock on the door of the home when gunfire came through the door and struck the two men.
Levi Middleton and Jennifer Diaz, who live across the street from where the shooting happened, said they also hear multiple gunshots in rapid succession. They said it sounded as if the shots were fired from a semi-automatic weapon.
Middleton and Diaz said officers first told them to stay inside, and they later were told to evacuate.
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UPDATE – 12:35 p.m. Sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. Anthony Bejeran said the department was not releasing whether the deputy killed was a man or a woman. He said subsequent reports on the case would be made from department headquarters, not from the scene.
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UPDATE – 12:20 p.m. A sheriff’s deputy and an accompanying civilian were shot and killed Thursday morning as they tried serving an eviction notice at a residence on the city’s northwest side, Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson said.
SWAT teams from Stanislaus County and neighboring Merced and San Joaquin counties along with officers from Modesto police, the California Highway Patrol and other agencies surrounded a house where the suspect was believed to have holed up.
Officers broke the homes windows with bean bag shots and then fired tear gas into the home. As of 12:25 p.m., the suspect had not emerged.
Christianson said authorities knew nothing about the suspect, although he may have had military training. The Bee was told the suspect was a Hispanic male born in 1967, about 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighing 185 pounds.
Christianson said he did not believe the team serving the civil papers at the house returned fire.
“I am overwhelmingly frustrated that we don’t have the resources to protect the community,” Christianson said in closing an impromptu news conference at noon.
The incident happened about 11 a.m. in the Whispering Woods development, formerly known as Prescott Estates, a development of two-story fourplex apartments.
Traffic in northwest Modesto was severely disrupted as emergency vehicles rolled into the neighborhood. Dozens of spectators lined up along the perimeter police set up.
Believing the suspect might be armed with explosives, officers evacuated a wide area around the home where the suspect holed up. Officers went house to house, asking people to leave.
Christianson did not disclose the identities of the two people killed.
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UPDATE – 12:07 p.m. A sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed and another person was killed Thursday morning as deputies tried serving an eviction notice at a residence on the city’s northwest side, Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson said.
Christianson said authorities knew nothing about the suspect, although he may have had military training.
UPDATE – 11:55 a.m. Suspect vehicle has been found near scene. Authorities are cautiously examining it.
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UPDATE – 11:53 a.m. The Merced County sheriff’s SWAT team is on its way to Modesto to assist.
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UPDATE – 11:50 a.m. Suspect described as Hispanic man born in 1967, 6 foot 2 inches tall and weighing about 185 pounds.
Authorities from several agencies are converging on surrounded apartment. Bean bags were fired into the residence to break windows, and tear gas was then shot inside.
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UPDATE – 11:25 a.m. At least one deputy was reportedly shot and a second deputy was on scene when it happened. No word on the condition of either deputy.
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UPDATE – 11:21 a.m. Officers are going door to door, asking people to leave their homes in the neighborhood.
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UPDATE – 11:17 a.m. Concerned that the suspect may have explosives, authorities have broadened the area they are evacuating around the apartment where the suspect is believed to be holed up.
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Authorities have surrounded an apartment building in north Modesto where two Stanislaus County sheriff’s deputies have been reportedly injured in a shooting this morning while serving an eviction notice.
Sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. Anthony Bejaran said he did not have all the details, but confirmed a call for an officer in distress had been sent out on police radios. The call asks for all nearby police agencies to respond.
The reported incident occurred about 11 a.m. in the 2100 block of Chrysler Avenue, just west of Prescott Road and south of West Rumble Road. Police believe at least one suspect is still in one of the apartments, so they have called for an armored SWAT truck to respond to the scene.
He said he watched officers remove the body of a man wearing a white T-shirt and jeans and also saw four officers carry out the body of the deputy who was killed.
Another man who asked not to be identified said he watched the deputy and the second man start to drill through a lock on the door of the home when gunfire came through the door and struck the two men.
Levi Middleton and Jennifer Diaz, who live across the street from where the shooting happened, said they also hear multiple gunshots in rapid succession. They said it sounded as if the shots were fired from a semi-automatic weapon.
Middleton and Diaz said officers first told them to stay inside, and they later were told to evacuate.
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UPDATE – 12:35 p.m. Sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. Anthony Bejeran said the department was not releasing whether the deputy killed was a man or a woman. He said subsequent reports on the case would be made from department headquarters, not from the scene.
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UPDATE – 12:20 p.m. A sheriff’s deputy and an accompanying civilian were shot and killed Thursday morning as they tried serving an eviction notice at a residence on the city’s northwest side, Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson said.
SWAT teams from Stanislaus County and neighboring Merced and San Joaquin counties along with officers from Modesto police, the California Highway Patrol and other agencies surrounded a house where the suspect was believed to have holed up.
Officers broke the homes windows with bean bag shots and then fired tear gas into the home. As of 12:25 p.m., the suspect had not emerged.
Christianson said authorities knew nothing about the suspect, although he may have had military training. The Bee was told the suspect was a Hispanic male born in 1967, about 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighing 185 pounds.
Christianson said he did not believe the team serving the civil papers at the house returned fire.
“I am overwhelmingly frustrated that we don’t have the resources to protect the community,” Christianson said in closing an impromptu news conference at noon.
The incident happened about 11 a.m. in the Whispering Woods development, formerly known as Prescott Estates, a development of two-story fourplex apartments.
Traffic in northwest Modesto was severely disrupted as emergency vehicles rolled into the neighborhood. Dozens of spectators lined up along the perimeter police set up.
Believing the suspect might be armed with explosives, officers evacuated a wide area around the home where the suspect holed up. Officers went house to house, asking people to leave.
Christianson did not disclose the identities of the two people killed.
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UPDATE – 12:07 p.m. A sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed and another person was killed Thursday morning as deputies tried serving an eviction notice at a residence on the city’s northwest side, Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson said.
Christianson said authorities knew nothing about the suspect, although he may have had military training.
UPDATE – 11:55 a.m. Suspect vehicle has been found near scene. Authorities are cautiously examining it.
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UPDATE – 11:53 a.m. The Merced County sheriff’s SWAT team is on its way to Modesto to assist.
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UPDATE – 11:50 a.m. Suspect described as Hispanic man born in 1967, 6 foot 2 inches tall and weighing about 185 pounds.
Authorities from several agencies are converging on surrounded apartment. Bean bags were fired into the residence to break windows, and tear gas was then shot inside.
—–
UPDATE – 11:25 a.m. At least one deputy was reportedly shot and a second deputy was on scene when it happened. No word on the condition of either deputy.
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UPDATE – 11:21 a.m. Officers are going door to door, asking people to leave their homes in the neighborhood.
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UPDATE – 11:17 a.m. Concerned that the suspect may have explosives, authorities have broadened the area they are evacuating around the apartment where the suspect is believed to be holed up.
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Authorities have surrounded an apartment building in north Modesto where two Stanislaus County sheriff’s deputies have been reportedly injured in a shooting this morning while serving an eviction notice.
Sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. Anthony Bejaran said he did not have all the details, but confirmed a call for an officer in distress had been sent out on police radios. The call asks for all nearby police agencies to respond.
The reported incident occurred about 11 a.m. in the 2100 block of Chrysler Avenue, just west of Prescott Road and south of West Rumble Road. Police believe at least one suspect is still in one of the apartments, so they have called for an armored SWAT truck to respond to the scene.
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