This is news update about that shooting
Manhunt Continues For Suspect In Deputy Shooting
Suspect Vehicle Is A White Chevy Van Without Plates
CBS 13) SACRAMENTO A massive manhunt continues for the suspect in the shooting death of a Sacramento County Sheriff's Deputy.
38-year-old Deputy Jeffrey Mitchell was shot and killed while making a traffic stop near Dillard and Meiss Roads just south of the Jackson Highway in the Sloughouse area Friday morning. Mitchell last reported he was making a traffic stop that location at 3:27 a.m.. When dispatchers lost communication with Mitchell they sent another deputy on a welfare check.
When the deputy arrived about 20 minutes later, he discovered Mitchell had been shot. Mitchel was taken to the UC Davis Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 4:45 a.m.
At an 8:30 a.m. press conference, Sacramento County Sheriff John McGinness, announced that Mitchell had died of a gunshot wound to the head. McGinness says Mitchell had been employed by the Sheriff's Department for nine years, six of those as a deputy.
"As of this morning we have lost a gentleman who was very much by all accounts was an officer and a gentleman.," Sacramento County Sheriff John McGinness said at the press conference. Mitchell leaves behind a wife.Crystal, and six-year-old son. Mitchell was a graduate of Sacramento State University and lived in El Dorado Hills.
Sacramento County Sheriff's SWAT, Sacramento Police SWAT and CHP are all helping with the manhunt. The suspect vehicle is described as a white Chevy panel van without license plates. The van may have damage to the front end. Officers say the van was driven by a man.
Officers had converged on a Lodi gas station just before noon where a white van was spotted , but officers now say that van was not involved.
"This is an absolute priority. The person who is responsible for the death of our officer very much poses a threat to the safety of anyone with whom they have contact. So we very much want to bring this person to justice.," said McGinness, "This is a horribly tragic day. These kinds of things are not supposed to happen. A fine outstanding officer who leaves behind a wife and son. And obviously the mourning time is upon us. Right now really, truly we are committed to locating and bringing this subject to justice."
The preliminary investigation indicates the shooting was outside the vehicles and that the deputy may have been trying to take the suspect into custody. The deputy also might have had is own weapon drawn, McGinness said.
If you have any information on the shooting you are asked to call the Sacramento Sheriff's Department at 800-471-1700 or 916-874-6500
Suspect Vehicle Is A White Chevy Van Without Plates
CBS 13) SACRAMENTO A massive manhunt continues for the suspect in the shooting death of a Sacramento County Sheriff's Deputy.
38-year-old Deputy Jeffrey Mitchell was shot and killed while making a traffic stop near Dillard and Meiss Roads just south of the Jackson Highway in the Sloughouse area Friday morning. Mitchell last reported he was making a traffic stop that location at 3:27 a.m.. When dispatchers lost communication with Mitchell they sent another deputy on a welfare check.
When the deputy arrived about 20 minutes later, he discovered Mitchell had been shot. Mitchel was taken to the UC Davis Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 4:45 a.m.
At an 8:30 a.m. press conference, Sacramento County Sheriff John McGinness, announced that Mitchell had died of a gunshot wound to the head. McGinness says Mitchell had been employed by the Sheriff's Department for nine years, six of those as a deputy.
"As of this morning we have lost a gentleman who was very much by all accounts was an officer and a gentleman.," Sacramento County Sheriff John McGinness said at the press conference. Mitchell leaves behind a wife.Crystal, and six-year-old son. Mitchell was a graduate of Sacramento State University and lived in El Dorado Hills.
Sacramento County Sheriff's SWAT, Sacramento Police SWAT and CHP are all helping with the manhunt. The suspect vehicle is described as a white Chevy panel van without license plates. The van may have damage to the front end. Officers say the van was driven by a man.
Officers had converged on a Lodi gas station just before noon where a white van was spotted , but officers now say that van was not involved.
"This is an absolute priority. The person who is responsible for the death of our officer very much poses a threat to the safety of anyone with whom they have contact. So we very much want to bring this person to justice.," said McGinness, "This is a horribly tragic day. These kinds of things are not supposed to happen. A fine outstanding officer who leaves behind a wife and son. And obviously the mourning time is upon us. Right now really, truly we are committed to locating and bringing this subject to justice."
The preliminary investigation indicates the shooting was outside the vehicles and that the deputy may have been trying to take the suspect into custody. The deputy also might have had is own weapon drawn, McGinness said.
If you have any information on the shooting you are asked to call the Sacramento Sheriff's Department at 800-471-1700 or 916-874-6500