THEIR OWN.
IS A DIFFICULT DAY
FOR ALL
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.
RIGHT NOW INVESTIGATORS ARE
PROCESSING A SERIES OF CRIME
SCENES ACROSS TWO COUNTIES.
THE SPREE AFFECTED THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE TODAY -- FROM
RESIDENTS AFFECTED BY THE
SEARCHES, TO THOUSANDS OF
STUDENTS LOCKED DOWN AND
FAMILIES WHO ARE GRIEVING
TONIGHT.
HERE'S HOW IT UNFOLDED.
AT 10:20 A.M. THIS MORNING AT
ARDEN AND ETHAN, INVESTIGATORS
RESPONDED TO A MOTEL 6 OF A
REPORT OF A SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE.
A PERSON INSIDE OPENED FIRE ON
2
DEPUTIES, KILLING ONE.
I SUSPECT -- TWO SUSPECTS, A MAN
AND A WOMAN.
WHEN THEY TRY TO CARJACK
A
PERSON, THE WOMAN TOLD HIM TO
STOP AND SHOT HIM FIVE TIMES
INJURING HIM.
THE MAN DROVE A
SHORT DRIVE TO
SPANOS AND DOWNS OF THE CAR AND
STOLE A PICKUP TRUCK.
THAT VICTIM SOUGHT THE
MALE
SUSPECT HANDLE WAS WOUNDED.
HERE IS
THE VIEW FROM
LIVECOPTER3.
THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SAY THE
SUSPECT USED AN
AR-15 RIFLE.
AT THIS LOCATION, THE FEMALE
SUSPECT WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
BUT THE MAN GOT AWAY.
HERE IS WHAT -- HERE IS WHERE IT
ENDED.
MARCELO MARQUEZ WAS ARRESTED
AT
THIS HOME.
IT IS NOT CLEAR HOW HE GOT
THERE.
WHEN HE WAS CARRIED OUT ON A
STRETCHER, HE WAS CONSCIOUS.
SADLY WE KNOW THAT TWO
VETERANS LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE
LINE OF DUTY TODAY.
PLACER COUNTY SHERIFF DETECTIVE
MICHAEL DAVID DAVIS JR. WAS A
HOMICIDE DETECTIVE FOR THE LAST
10 YEARS.
HE WAS FIRST HIRED AS A RESERVE
DEPUTY SHERIFF IN 1996.
HE LEAVES BEHIND A WIFE AND 4
CHILDREN.
HE WAS 42 YEARS OLD.
COINCIDENTALLY, HIS DAD, MICHAEL
DAVID DAVIS SR., A RIVERSIDE
COUNTY SHERIFF'S INVESTIGATOR,
WAS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY,
EXACTLY 26 YEARS AGO TODAY IN A
HELICOPTER ACCIDENT.
GEOFF DAVIS WAS WITH DAVIS WHEN
HE WAS SHOT IN THE ARM.
HE HAS BEEN TREATED AND RELEASED
FROM THE HOSPITAL.
WE KNOW TONIGHT THAT
DEPUTY
DANNY OLIVER WAS SHOT AND KILLED
IN A PARKING LOT OF THEM MOTEL 6
WHERE THE EVENTS START.
OLIVER WAS A 15 YEAR VETERAN OF
THE FORCE.
HE BELIEVES THAT HE LEAVES
BEHIND A WIFE AND TWO DAUGHTERS.
WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT
ON TODAY'S TRAGIC DEVELOPMENTS.
LET'S BEGIN WITH KCRA3'S RICHARD
SHARP.
HE'S LIVE IN AUBURN.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU A COUPLE
OF THINGS.
ONE OF THE CROSSES WITH FLOWERS
AND ON THE OTHER SIDE, ANOTHER
CROSS SYMBOLIZING THE DEPUTIES
SHOT.
ONE WAS KILLED.
IT IS AT THE ENTRANCE.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STOPPING BY AND
LEAVING FLOWERS HERE IN THE
COMMUNITY IS VERY AFFECTED BY
THE TRAGEDY OF TODAY'S STORY.
THE SWAT TEAM, THE HELICOPTERS,
THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SCHOOLS ON
LOCKDOWN.
HE COULD NOT GET HOME TO HIS
WIFE.
TO WHERE THE SUSPECT WAS HOLING
UP.
I TOLD HER WHERE THE PISTOL
WAS.
THE CALL WENT OUT.
THE SUSPECT, MARCELO MARQUEZ
,
WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
PLACER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
STRUGGLES WITH THE DEATH
OF
DAVID MICHAEL DAVIS JUNIOR.
WE SPEND A LOT AT TIMES WITH
THE FAMILIES BEFORE WE COME HERE
TO CONFIRM WHAT YOU ALREADY
KNOW.
DETECTIVE DAVIS WAS A 15 YEAR
VETERAN AND FOR THE LAST 10 A
HOMICIDE INVESTIGATOR.
HE LEAVES BEHIND A WIFE AND
FOUR CHILDREN.
THEY ARE FOCUSED ON THE
INVESTIGATION.
EVEN THE SHARE OF STRUGGLES WITH
THE EMOTIONAL GRAVITY.
I AM INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THE
MEN AND WOMEN WHO GO OUT THERE
EVERY DAY AND PUT THEIR LIVES ON
THE LINE.
THE SHERIFF HAS BEEN IN HERE
FOR 40 YEARS AND YOU HOPING TO
RETIRE WITHOUT HAVING A DAY LIKE
THIS WHERE A DEPUTY WAS KILLED
IN A GUNFIRE FIRE.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO SAY -- I
WISH YOU HAD KILLED HIM.
THAT IS NOT WHO WE ARE.
NEXT WEDNESDAY WOULD'VE BEEN
THE PERFECT DAY FOR DETECTIVE
DAVIS.
HE WOULD HAVE BEEN 40 THREE