Riverside County Deputy Darnell Calhoun (proper) poses with Sheriff Chad Biano in an undated photograph. Calhoun was shot and killed Friday, simply two weeks after one other deputy within the division was slain within the line of obligation.
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Riverside County Deputy Darnell Calhoun (proper) poses with Sheriff Chad Biano in an undated photograph. Calhoun was shot and killed Friday, simply two weeks after one other deputy within the division was slain within the line of obligation.
Riverside County Sheriff by way of AP
LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. — A Southern California sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed Friday, simply two weeks after one other deputy within the division was slain within the line of obligation.
The deaths of deputies Darnell Calhoun on Friday and Isaiah Cordero on Dec. 29 have been the primary since 2003 the place a Riverside County sheriff’s deputy was killed within the line of obligation, Sheriff Chad Bianco stated.
The suspect in Calhoun’s loss of life is in custody and was listed in essential situation after a gunbattle with a second deputy, Bianco stated Friday throughout a information convention.
Calhoun was fatally shot within the metropolis of Lake Elsinore, the sheriff stated. He died after being taken to the hospital in critical situation.
“I should not be right here tonight having to do that once more,” Bianco stated Friday outdoors the hospital. “I am devastated to inform of the lack of one other of our deputy sheriffs who was killed within the line of obligation at the moment.”
Calhoun is survived by his pregnant spouse, Bianco stated. He had beforehand labored for the San Diego Police Division — the company stated on Twitter it was “devastated” to study of his loss of life — earlier than transferring to Riverside final 12 months.
“He was probably the most cheerful, probably the most optimistic, probably the most good, healthful man you can think about,” Bianco stated.
Calhoun, 30, was the primary deputy to reach on the scene of an disturbance round 4:30 p.m. Friday following a name of “unknown bother” the place voices might be heard within the background, indicating a wrestle, Bianco stated.
“At this level, we’re not utterly positive of the circumstances surrounding the preliminary contact,” Bianco stated.
The second deputy discovered Calhoun wounded on the street and confronted the suspect in a shootout. The suspect’s id has not been launched.
Lake Elsinore is about 55 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles.
Friday’s taking pictures comes because the sheriff’s division is reeling from Cordero’s loss of life. The 32-year-old was fatally shot final month throughout a site visitors cease within the metropolis of Jurupa Valley, east of Los Angeles.
Cordero had pulled over a pickup truck and the motive force, 44-year-old William Shae McKay, shot the deputy as he approached the car. Regulation enforcement pursued McKay in a manhunt that included a chase alongside freeways in two counties, authorities stated.
McKay was killed throughout a shootout with deputies after the truck crashed.
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco and Cordero’s household have referred to as for the resignation of a Southern California decide who allowed McKay’s launch from custody on bail regardless of his prolonged legal historical past.
The sheriff stated McKay was convicted of a “third strike” offense in 2021 that ought to have put him in state jail for 25 years to life, however the decide lowered his bail, permitting his launch, and later launched him following an arrest for failing to seem at his sentencing.
