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>>> SHE'S
>>> SHE'S AN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING PERSON AND DEPARTMENT MEMBER. EVERYONE LOOKED TO HER AS A
CLOSE FRIEND, SISTER.
>> A HORRIBLE MORNING IN THE
CITY OF DAVIS THIS MORNING.
DAVIS MOURNS THE LOSS OF THE
POLICE OFFICER WHO SHOT AND
DIED OVERNIGHT.
A SUSPECTED GUNMAN ALSO DEAD.
HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW
AS 6:00.
THIS ALL STARTED ABOUT 7:00
LAST NIGHT.
POLICE GOT A CALL ABOUT A THREE
CAR ACCIDENT DOWNTOWN DAVIS.
POLICE ARRIVED SOMEBODY STARTED
SHOOTING AND OFFICER SAY THE
SHOOTER WAS LATER FOUND DEAD
INSIDE A HOME IN DAVIS NOT TOO
FAR AWAY FROM WHERE THE
SHOOTING ON THE ACCIDENT
HAPPENED.
POLICE SAY IT LOOK LIKE THE
PERSON SHOT HIMSELF. 22-YEAR-
OLD NATIVE NATALIE CORONA THE
POLICE OFFICER DIED FROM
INJURIES OVERNIGHT.
A PROCESSION WAS HELD EARLY
THIS MORNING FOR OFFICER CORONA
IT STARTED AT UC DAVIS MEDICAL
CENTER ON STOCKTON BOULEVARD IN
SACRAMENTO ENDING AT THE COUNTY
CORONER'S OFFICE IN THE CITY.
OFFICER CORONA WAS NEW TO THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT SHE HAD JUST
COMPLETED THE ACADEMY IN JULY
AND STARTED PATROLLING THE
STREETS IN DECEMBER.
CARLOS, IS LIVE IN DAVIS WHERE
THE ACCIDENT WAS AND WHERE THE
OFFICER WAS SHOT.
>> Reporter: AS YOU CAN SEE
BEHIND ME THE INVESTIGATION
HERE ON FIFTH AND C STREET IN
DOWNTOWN DAVIS CONTINUES THIS
MORNING.
SEVERAL HOURS AFTER YOU SEE
THAT YELLOW TAPE. INVESTIGATORS
CENTER AROUND THIS AREA MOSTLY.
THIS IS WHERE THE SHOOTING
HAPPENED LAST NIGHT.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT YOU
CAN SEE RIGHT NOW.
LET'S START WITH THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT VEHICLE THAT IS A
VEHICLE THAT CORONA WAS IN AT
THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING.
THE FIRE RESCUE VEHICLE YOU SEE
THERE WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN THE
SHOOTING.
YOU CAN SEE A FLAT TIRE THERE
BECAUSE OF A BULLET HOLE.
A BULLET CAME FROM THAT SHOOTING
ACTUALLY.
WE HAVE SEEN INVESTIGATORS WALK
AROUND IT AND TAKE PICTURES.
THIS AREA IS BLOCKED OFF AND
WILL CONTINUE TO BE BLOCKED OFF
FOR SEVERAL HOURS.
FIFTH STREET IS CLOSED FROM
LETTER E TO C STREET.
IT WILL REMAIN CLOSED FOR
SEVERAL HOURS.
THIS IS ONE OF THE TWO SCENES
INVOLVED IN THIS INVESTIGATION.
THE OTHER ONE JUST TWO MINUTE
WALK AWAY FROM HERE.
NORTHEAST FROM HERE.
THAT'S TO HOME WHERE THE
SUSPECT WAS FOUND WITH A SELF-
INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND. THAT'S
WHERE THE DAVIS POLICE
DEPARTMENT FOUND HIM.
CLOSE BY.
THE TWO MINUTE WALK.
TWO BLOCKS ACTUALLY FROM HERE.
WE DO WANT TO DEDICATE SOME
TIME AND REMEMBER THE VICTIM.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PHOTOS OF
OFFICER CORONA AND WE WANT TO
SHARE THIS RECENT ONE FROM THE
WILLIAM PIONEER REVIEW. THIS IS
FROM LAST SUMMER WHEN SHE
COMPLETED THE ACADEMY.
HER FATHER A LAW-ENFORCEMENT
BATTERINPINNED HER BADGE ON
HER.
IN FACT OFFICER CORONA GOT INTO
LAW-ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE OF HER
BROTHERS 26 YEARS OF SERVICE IN
COLUSA COUNTY.
THIS MORNING THE DAVIS POLICE
DEPARTMENT IS MOURNING THE LOSS
OF ONE OF THEIR OWN.
POLICE CHIEF DARREN KEITEL
DESCRIBED HER AS AN ABSOLUTE
STAR IN THE DEPARTMENT.
SOMEBODY THAT PRETTY MUCH
EVERYBODY IN THE DEPARTMENT
LOOKED TO AS A CLOSE FRIEND AND
ULTIMATELY A SISTER.
>> SHE WAS FULL OF LIFE AND
FULL OF ENERGY.
SHE'S JUST A NOW ABSOLUTE
PLEASURE TO BE AROUND.
SHE LOVED BEING AROUND EVERYONE
IN THE DEPARTMENT.
SHE WORKED LIKE YOU CAN'T
BELIEVE.
IN FACT THERE IS A PERIOD OF
TIME BEFORE GOING TO THE ACADEMY
WE RAN OUT OF FUNDING FOR HER
PAID POSITION AND DESPITE THAT
SHE STILL CAME IN AND
VOLUNTEERED AS A VOLUNTEER.
SHE PUT IN FULL-TIME HOURS UNTIL
SHE WENT TO THE POLICE ACADEMY.
>> DEFINITELY A SAD MORNING FOR
THE DAVIS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
ALL LAW-ENFORCEMENT IN THIS
AREA.
WE WILL CONTINUE HEARING FROM
THE POLICE CHIEF FOR MORE
INFORMATION.
RIGHT NOW WERE TAKING IN A LOOK
AT THE LIVE SCENE.
INVESTIGATORS WILL REMAIN HERE
FOR SEVERAL HOURS.
THIS IS ONE OF TWO SCENES IN
THE INVESTIGATION.
>> Reporter: AS CARLOS HAS BEEN
SHOWING YOU SINCE 4:30 THIS
MORNING YOU ARE GOING TO SEE
CLOSURES.
TAKE FOURTH OR EIGHTH STREET TO
AVOID DELAYS.
WE WILL UPDATE YOU WHEN ALL
LANES REOPENED.
IF YOU'RE HEADED OUT RIGHT NOW
AND DAVIS TRAFFIC IS MOVING ON
80 WESTBOUND ALL LANES ARE OPEN
STRAIGHT INTO FAIRFIELD.
WE ARE LOOKING AT 30 MINUTES.
>>> IT WAS A SCARY NIGHT FOR A
LOT OF STUDENTS AT UC DAVIS AND
THEIR FAMILIES.
THE UNIVERSITY HAS PEOPLE ON
CAMPUS TO SHELTER IN PLACE.
THAT ORDER IS OVER.
WE CALLED UC DAVIS OFFICIALS
LAST NIGHT ABOUT THE SITUATION.
HERE'S WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY.
>> WE ARE ALWAYS CONCERNED
ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR
STUDENTS.
WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT YOU PD
AND THE CITY POLICE ARE KEEPING
PEOPLE SAFE.
>> THE DAVIS JOINT UNIFIED
SCHOOL DISTRICT CLOSED SOME OF
THEIR BUILDINGS LAST NIGHT.
THOSE BUILDINGS ARE OFTEN USED
FOR NIGHT CLASSES, DOLL
EDUCATION, AND SPORTS PRACTICE.
CUSTODIAL STAFF WORKED LATE
INTO THE EVENING.
>> DURING THE ORDER A LOT OF
PEOPLE GRAB THEIR CELL PHONES
AND WENT ON TO SNAPSHOT AND
SHARE VIDEOS WITH US.
A LOT OF THIS IS DOWNTOWN
DAVIS.
IT'S LOOKING BARREN.
YOU CAN SEE THE POLICE ACTION
IN THE BACKGROUND.
WE ALSO GOT IMAGES FROM ANOTHER
WOMAN AND WE SPOKE TO HER LAST
NIGHT.
SHE WAS STUCK IN A SHELTER IN
PLACE LOCATION AT A COFFEE
SHOP.
WHEN SHE SPOKE TO IT THIS IS
WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY.
>> I MEAN, THE DOORS ARE
LOCKED.
I AM ASSUMING YOU CAN COME BACK
. WE ARE EXTREMELY SKEPTICAL OF
THE SITUATION STILL ESPECIALLY
SINCE WE DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH
INFORMATION.
>> THAT SHELTER IN PLACE ORDER
WAS RELEASED LAST NIGHT. PEOPLE
ARE NOW ABLE TO MOVE ABOUT
CAMPUS AS THEY SAW FIT.
THERE WERE SOME ISSUES GETTING
COMMUNICATIONS OUT ON UC DAVIS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE JOINING US
ON FACEBOOK AND SHARING
CONDOLENCES AND WELL WISHES.
TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT SIMILAR
KIMBERLY, SAYS.
IT BREAKS HER HEART.
SHE IS THE SAME AGE OF THE GIRL
THAT WAS TAKEN.
REST EASY NOW MAY SHE WATCH
OVER HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
BEING 22 IN HEARING ABOUT ANY
SHOOTING INVOLVING OUR
GENERATION.
REST IN PEACE NATALIE CORONA.
THIS IS HORRIBLE FOR THE FAMILY
DID NOT GET JUSTICE OR ASK WHY.
LOOK AT THIS, WE HAVE SOME
PEOPLE POSTING QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE INVESTIGATION.
JOHN, IS CURIOUS OF THE OFFICER
AND THE SUSPECT KNEW EACH
OTHER.
>> I HIGHLY DOUBT THAT BASED ON
WHAT WE HAVE SEEN SO FAR.
I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION OF
SOME PEOPLE WHO WERE SHELTERED
IN PLACE.
WITH AN ACTIVE SCENE GOING ON
AND YOU HAVE A SHOOTER STILL AT
LARGE THE LAST THING ANY POLICE
DEPARTMENT WANTS TO DO IS
RELEASE PEOPLE FROM A SHELTER
IN PLACE BACK OUT INTO THE
STREET WHERE THEY DON'T KNOW
WHERE THE SHOOTER IS.
I THINK SAFETY FIRST.
I SENSE OF FRUSTRATION. I
UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WERE
SHELTERED IN PLACE.
>> IT IS AN ONGOING
INVESTIGATION.
WE DON'T KNOW YET IF THEY KNOW
EACH OTHER BUT WE WILL KEEP YOU
POSTED.
>> WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
THE SHOOTER.
HE ALLEGEDLY DIED FROM A SELF-
INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND.
WE DO HAVE CARLOS COME AT THE
SCENE AND WE WILL GET MORE
INFORMATION AS IT COMES IN.
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