The Sacramento Police Department confirms a female officer shot while assisting on a domestic violence call has died.
A man and woman watch as law enforcement officers surround a home where a gunman has taken refuge after shooting a Sacramento police officer, Wednesday, June 19, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif.
Tara O’Sullivan, 26, died at UC Davis Medical Center hours after a gunman opened fire on her, Deputy Chief Dave Peletta said during a news conference early Thursday. She lay in the backyard of a home and officers couldn’t reach her because the gunman kept firing, Chandler said. According to city records, O’Sullivan had been working for the city since January 2018, The Sacramento Bee. 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.
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