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>>> WE
>>> WE ARE GETTING OUR FIRST LOOK AT BODY CAM FOOTAGE FROM THE NIGHT SECOND MENTAL POLICE
OFFICER TARA O'SULLIVAN WAS
SHOT AND KILLED.
IT HAPPENED ON WEDNESDAY AT
HOME REDWOOD AVENUE IN NORTH
SACRAMENTO.
POLICE HELD A NEWS CONFERENCE
LATE LAST NIGHT WHERE THEY
SHOWED THE ENTIRE VIDEO. WE
WILL PLAY A CLIP OF IT, BUT WE
WANT TO WARN YOU THAT IT IS
HARD TO WATCH.
YOU WILL HERE AND ON OF
GUNSHOTS, BUT YOU WILL NOT SEE
ANYTHING GRAPHIC.
PLEASE TAKE A LOOK.>> ET AL.,
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
YOU'RE NOT IN TROUBLE.>> [
GUNSHOTS ] SUSPECT THIS IS A
HIGH-POWERED RIFLE.
IT OUT HERE NOW.
WE HAVE ONE DOWN.
[ GUNSHOTS ] OFFICER DOWN.
OFFICER DOWN.
CODE 3 FIRE.
SPOT THAT IS INCREDIBLY 10th.
IT IS VERY HARD TO WATCH.
>> IT CAME FROM THE SECOND
MENTAL POLICE DEPARTMENT LAST
NIGHT.
WAS ONLY PART OF IT, BUT YOU
CAN WATCH THE FULL TWO MINUTE
VIDEO ON OUR WEBSITE,
ABC10.COM.
STRICTLY SAY THEY WANT TO SHARE
THE VIDEO TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY
INFORMED DURING THE TRAGEDY.
SOMETHING ELSE TO KEEP IN MIND
THAT THE BODY CAMERA VIDEO.
DUST FOR 6:00.
POLICE SAY HE DID NOT SURRENDER
ABOUT 2:00 IN THE BUILDING.
AFTER POLICE CHIEF DANIEL HAHN
SHOWED THE BODY CAM OF THE
VIDEO.>> OFFICERS ARE
ESSENTIALLY AMBUSHED BY THE
SUSPECT AND THE RESULT WAS HIM
MURDERING ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY
POLICE OFFICERS.>> IN ADDITION
TO THE VIDEO, SACRAMENT A
POLICE GAVE US NEW INFORMATION
ABOUT WHAT OFFICERS WENT
THROUGH ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, ONE
OFFICER O'SULLIVAN WAS KILLED.
IT STARTED WITH ASYMMETRIC
DISTURBANCE CALL JUST BEFORE
NOON.
POLICE ARE TELLING US THE FRONT
DOOR OF THE HOUSE ON REDWOOD
AVENUE WAS
WHEN
WHEN OFFICER O'SULLIVAN AND HER PARTNER SHOWED UP.
THEY WERE THERE TO HELP A WOMAN
GET HER BLOGGING FROM THE
SUSPECTS HOUSE.
WE STILL DO NOT KNOW THE EXACT
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
SUSPECT IN THE WOMAN.
OFFICER O'SULLIVAN WAS SHOT
WHILE HER PARTNER APPROACHED
THE DETACHED GARAGE BEHIND THE
HOUSE.
POLICE SAID THE SUSPECT HAS
WERE WEAPONS USED DURING THE
SHOOTING.
TWO ASSAULT RIFLES, A HANDGUN,
AND A SHOTGUN.
INVESTIGATORS LATER FOUND OR
WEAPONS INSIDE OF THE GARAGE
AND AT THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR.
THEY SAY THAT ALL OF THE
WEAPONS BELONGED TO THE
SUSPECT.
>> WE TRULY BELIEVE IF OFFICERS
UTILIZE THE CLEMENTA THEY HAD
AT THE TIME, PRIOR TO
RETRIEVING THE ARMORED VEHICLE,
WE WOULD HAVE ADDITIONAL
OFFICERS MURDERED ON THAT DAY.
THIS WAS AN AMBUSH STYLE ATTACK
ON SACRAMENTO POLICE OFFICERS
THAT LASTED FOR HOURS.
THIS WAS A HORRIFIC DAY FOR
THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND
FRANKLY FOR OUR ENTIRE
COMMUNITY.
WE LOST AN AMAZING PERSON, A
BRIGHT LIGHT FOR OUR ENTIRE
COMMUNITY.
THE FAMILY LOST A DAUGHTER, A
SISTER, AND THIS WILL HAVE AN
EFFECT ON TERRACE FAMILY AND
FRIENDS, THIS DEPARTMENT,
OFFICERS INVOLVED, AND OUR
COMMUNITY FOR THE REST OF OUR
LIVES.
>> CHIEF HAHN WENT ON TO SAY
THAT O'SULLIVAN WAS ONE OF THE
PEOPLE WHO ALWAYS HAD A SMILE
ON HER FACE.
HE KNEW HER BEFORE SHE WAS EVEN
HIRED.
HE DESCRIBED HER AS BEING
ENTHUSIASTIC, DEDICATED TO
HELPING PEOPLE, WHICH IS
EXACTLY WHAT SHE WAS DOING WHEN
SHE DIED.
>>> YESTERDAY, PART OF HIGHWAY
99 WERE SHUT DOWN DURING A
PROCESSION FOR OFFICER
O'SULLIVAN.
WOULD FROM THE CORNERS OFFICE
TO A FUNERAL HOME IN ELK GROVE,
WHERE SHE WILL I AND REST UNTIL
HER FUNERAL SERVICE, WHICH AT
THIS POINT HAS NOT BEEN
ANNOUNCED.
OAK GROVE POLICE THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT HELPED WITH THE
PROCESSION.
>>> HERE IS WHAT THE NORTH
SACRAMENTO NEIGHBORHOOD LOOKS
LIKE YESTERDAY WHERE THE
SHOOTING HAPPENED.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT ABC10 PHONE
VIDEO.
SACRAMENT A POLICE SAID THE
EVACUATION ORDER FOR THE AREA,
BUT THERE ARE AREAS TAPED OFF
AS POLICE CONTINUE THEIR
INVESTIGATION.
THEY TELL US THEY WILL BE IN
THE AREA UNTIL AT LEAST TODAY
TO GATHER MORE EVIDENCE.
AS FOR THE SUSPECT ADELE RAMOS
HIS OF THE TO THE COURT ON
MONDAY.
HE IS CHARGED WITH ORDER AND
ATTEMPTED MURDER ON ANOTHER
POLICE OFFICER.
HE IS ALSO FACING ILLEGAL
WEAPONS CHARGES AND SPECIAL
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WOULD ALLOW
AUTHORITIES TO SEEK THE DEATH
PENALTY.
THAT DECISION IS MONTHS AWAY
AND GOVERNOR NEWSOM ALSO PUT A
STOP ON EXECUTIONS IN
CALIFORNIA.
>> MADISON MYERS ET AL.
AT SENIOR CHAPLAIN MITTIE
RUSSELL WHO SPENT TIME WITH
OFFICERS AND DEPUTIES DURING
THEIR BRIGHTEST AND DARKEST
MOMENTS.
HER MESSAGE, IF THIS MAKES YOU
FEEL OUTRAGED, DO SOMETHING.>>
BEING ABLE TO SHARE ABOUT THE
FACT THAT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF
DAYS AND HAS BEEN A WHIRLWIND,
AND AT THE SAME TIME, IT HAS
BEEN SO LONG BECAUSE AT THIS
TIME, ANOTHER OFFICER WAS
MURDERED.
EXECUTED.
MURDERED. EXECUTED. WE CANNOT SOFTEN THOSE WORDS,
AND SHOULD NOT.
OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS TO HEAR HOW
HARSH IT WAS BECAUSE SHE WAS
AMBUSHED.
>> Reporter: CHAPLAIN MITTIE
RUSSELL CITY HARSH HARSH TRUTH
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO OFFICER
TARA O'SULLIVAN.
IT IS A REALITY HAPPENING FAR
TOO OFTEN.
>> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT THEY
SIGN UP FOR THE RISK TO PROTECT
OTHERS, THAT IS NOBLE.
THAT IS WHY WE CALL THEM HEROES
EVERY DAY.
BUT THEY DID NOT SIGN UP, AND
THEY DID NOT AGREE TO BE KILLED
TO DO THIS JOB.
TRUCK JUST SIX MONTHS AGO,
DAINIUS POLICE OFFICER, NATALIE
CORONA WAS AMBUSHED AND NINE
MONTHS AGO THE DEPUTY KILLED IN
THE LINE OF DUTY.
>> I WISH THEY HAD A BIGGER
BREAK, MORE OF A TIME TO
BREATHE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT
IS GETTING CLOSER THE ASSAULT
ARE MORE AND I THINK WHAT I'M
HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY IS
THAT WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING.
>> Reporter: AS A CHAPLAIN,
MITTIE WAS THERE THE NIGHT TARA
O'SULLIVAN DIED.
SHE HAS BEEN PRAYING WITH
OFFICERS, GUIDING THEM THROUGH
THEIR DARKEST HOUR.
ASKED ABOUT THE OFFICERS WHO
WERE WITH O'SULLIVAN THAT
NIGHT.
THE OFFICERS WHO TRIED TO
RESCUE HER BUT COULD NOT FOR 45
MINUTE>> DO NOT GET STUCK ON
THAT.
IT TO A POINT WHERE YOU HAVE
PEACE WITH IT.
THE OFFICER STATED EVERYTHING
THAT THEY COULD.
THE HELICOPTER WAS FLYING
AROUND THE WHOLE TIME.
AND NO MATTER HOW LONG THAT SHE
WAS ABLE TO HERE, SHE HEARD SHE
WAS BEING PROTECTED BY THE
HELICOPTER.
WE JUST CANNOT BE STUCK THERE.
GRIEVE RIGHT.
GOOD GRIEF IS HEALTHY.
BAD GRIEF GETS YOU STUCK.
TRUCK MITTIE SAYS EVERY MINUTE
THAT WENT BY WITH HELP ON THE
WAY, O'SULLIVAN WAS NOT ALONE.
IT'S LIKE WHEN GOD SAYS I WILL
NEVER LEAVE YOU, SHE WAS NOT
ALONE.
AND MAYBE WE DID NOT SEE WHAT
WAS HAPPENING THE SUPERNATURAL,
BUT I BELIEVE THAT UNTIL GOD
SAYS COME HOME TO ME.
TRUCK MITTIE SAID THERE IS NO
MOVING ON FROM THIS.
THERE IS ONLY MOVING FORWARD.>>
CROSSED WITH SAID BETH, BUT
LET'S NOT BE STUCK WITH THAT.
IS NOT BE STUCK WITH A GIRL..
BE STUCK WITH FRUSTRATION OR
FEELING OVERWHELMED.
LET'S TAKE THIS AND REFRAME IT
WITH THE PURPOSE OF WHY WE DO
WHAT WE DO BECAUSE WE CANNOT DO
ANYTHING LESS.
SELECTED IN LINE BREWING
COMPANY IN RANCHO CORDOVA
RESERVED A TABLE LAST NIGHT IN
HONOR OF OFFICER O'SULLIVAN,
GIVING A SPACE FOR ANYONE WHO
NEEDED TO SHARE THEIR PAIN.
IT IS SOMETHING THEY HAVE DONE
FOR OTHER OFFICERS WHO DIED IN
THE LINE OF DUTY.
SOMETHING THAT HAS HAPPENED FAR
TOO OFTEN IN THE LAST FEW
MONTHS.>> THIS IS UNFORTUNATELY
SOMETHING I HAVE DONE BEFORE,
AND HOPEFULLY SOMETHING I WOULD
NOT HAVE TO DO FOR A WHILE.
>> Reporter: OFFICER O'SULLIVAN
IS A SECOND POLICE OFFICER
KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN
THE PAST SIX MONTHS AFTER DAVIS
POLICE OFFICER NATALIE CORONA.
O'SULLIVAN DIED TODAY BEFORE
THE LATEST CLASS OF RECRUITS
RECEIVED THEIR BETTERS BUT AS
MIKE ANTHONY ADAMS FOUND OUT,
HER PASSING SERVES AS
MOTIVATION FOR YOUNG OFFICERS,
ESPECIALLY FEMALE OFFICERS.
>>
>> Reporter: THIS IS BELINDA KATO. ABOUT HER EARLIER THIS YEAR
WHILE FILMING AT THE SACRAMENT
OF POLICE ACADEMY.
BUT I DID NOT KNOW THEN, AND
WOULD LATER LEARN, IS THAT
BELINDA IS WEARING TARA
O'SULLIVAN TRAINEE UNIFORM.
>> WHEN I STARTED THE PRE-
ACADEMY, THAT WAS HER LAST WEEK
IN THE POLICE ACADEMY AND SHE
NO LONGER NEEDED THE RECRUIT
UNIFORM AND SHE WAS LIKE, WE
ARE THE SAME SIZE.
DO YOU NEED ANY MORE, AND I WAS
LIKE, SURE.
SHE GAVE ME TWO OF HER
UNIFORMS.
>> Reporter: BELINDA AND TARA
MAY HAVE ONLY MET A FEW TIMES,
BUT THEY DID SHARE IN INNATE
BOND.
TO YOUNG WOMAN WHO MADE THE
DECISION TO JOIN LAW
ENFORCEMENT, AND SERVE THEIR
COMMUNITY.
>> WHEN I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS
OFFICER O'SULLIVAN, I WAS
SHOCKED BECAUSE I HAD JUST SEEN
HER LAST WEEK THE LOCKER ROOM.
SHE WAS TALKING TO US ABOUT
PATROL, HOW MUCH SHE WAS LOVING
IT.
HOW MUCH HE LOVED HER NEW
HAIRCUT, BECAUSE SHE HAD JUST
CUT HER HAIR.
JUST WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO
GET US EXCITED FOR GRADUATING,
AND HITTING THE STREETS.
STROKE SIX MONTH AGO, TARA WAS
ALSO PREPARING TO GRADUATE FROM
THE SACRAMENT OF POLICE
ACADEMY.
UP UNTIL THIS WEEK, SHE WAS
STILL RIDING WITH HER FIELD
TRAINING OFFICER, WHO SHE WAS
WITH WHEN SHE WAS GUNNED DOWN
RESPONDING TO A DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE CALL NORTH OF THE
CITY.>> IT ALSO SEEMED UNREAL
TO ME THAT SHE WAS GONE, AND WE
WENT TO THE HOSPITAL, AND WE
WERE JUST THERE FOR SUPPORT FOR
EACH OTHER, AND HER FAMILY, AND
TO PAY OUR RESPECTS.
>> Reporter: TARA WITH IS A
GRADUATE OF THE SECOND METAL
POLICE ACADEMY KILLED DURING
THE 24 WEEKS OF TRAINING.
DAVIS POLICE OFFICER NATALIE
CORONA, WHO RECEIVED HER BADGE
A YEAR AGO, WAS GUNNED DOWN AT
THE END OF BULLET IS FIRST WEEK
OF TRAINING.
I REMEMBER ASKING HER THEN HUNT
AT LEAST DEATH HAD HIT HER.>>
IT WAS HARD IN THE SENSE THAT
SHE WAS NEW, SHE JUST STARTED,
AND THAT WAS THE END OF HER
CAREER.
KIND OF JUST PUT INTO
PERSPECTIVE THAT EVERY DAY IS A
BLESSING, WE HAVE TO DO WHAT
YOU CAN TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT
IS YOUR TIME.
>>
>> ♪.
>> ♪. LEFT, LEFT, -- TURKEY DAY AFTER TERRACE DEATH LINDA RECEIVED
HER BADGE AND IS NOW PREPARING
TO FOLLOW THE FOOTSTEPS OF TWO
YOUNG FEMALE RECRUITS WHOSE
LIVES WERE CUT DOWN THE LINE OF
DUTY.
>> TELL US LIKE MORE MOTIVATION
TO KEEP DOING WHAT I'M DOING,
BECAUSE I WANTED TO HELP
PEOPLE, I WANTED TO KEEP PEOPLE
SAFE, AND HAVING THE COULD
POTENTIALLY BE HER DOING IT,
THAT THAT IS A SACRIFICE I'M
WILLING TO MAKE.
>> A LOT OF YOU HAVE BEEN
REACHING OUT OF FACEBOOK
SHARING HER THOUGHTS AND
PRAYERS FOR THE FAMILY AND
ASKING WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP.
THE ONLY OFFICIAL MEMORIAL FUND
IS WITH THE CA HP CREDIT UNION.
YOU CAN GO TO THEIR WEBSITE, OR
MAIL YOUR DONATION AND.
WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION ON OUR
WEBSITE, ABC10.COM AS WELL.
IT IF YOU WANT TO PAY RESPECTS
TO OFFICER SULLIVAN, HER ALMA
MATER WITHHOLDING MEMORIAL
TOMORROW NIGHT AT EIGHT AT THE
OUTER STUDIO THEATER.