There was an outpouring of grief for Andrew Nunez, a San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy who was fatally shot Monday, allegedly by a suspect who then led officers on a wild bike chase.
Nunez, a six-year worker of the division, leaves behind a 2-year-old daughter and a pregnant spouse, Sheriff Shannon Dicus stated.
“We’re embedded in sorrow,” Dicus stated at a Monday afternoon information convention. “Sadly for our division, this has occurred manner too typically. We’re going to do our perfect to do crucial factor at this level, and that’s to ensure that we deliver the suspect to justice and take excellent care of that household.”
“He was an exquisite father,” he added. “He was an exquisite deputy sheriff.”
Dicus stated Nunez was known as to a home after stories of a person threatening a lady. When he arrived, a suspect shot him earlier than fleeing. The deputy died quickly after at an area hospital.
“There’s an incredible quantity of violence on the market,” Dicus stated. “We’re proactively making an attempt to forestall this violence.”
A memorial procession for the slain deputy started round 6:30 p.m. as scores of regulation enforcement personnel gathered exterior Arrowhead Regional Medical Middle to salute Nunez’s physique because it was carried exterior of the constructing. A motorcade then escorted the physique from the medical heart to the San Bernardino County coroner’s workplace.
The Sheriff’s Division launched an announcement Monday night honoring Nunez’s service as a regulation enforcement officer and lengthening condolences to his household, mates and fellow deputies.
“Deputy Nunez served with unwavering dedication, braveness and deep compassion for the group he vowed to guard,” the division acknowledged. “His bravery and sacrifice replicate a life devoted to safeguarding others, even on the best value. Such devotion will stay without end etched in our hearts.”
A San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy was fatally shot Monday.
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Nunez’s dying was met with condolences from elected officers.
“My prayers are along with his spouse, younger daughter and household,” Assemblymember Tom Lackey (R-Palmdale) stated in an announcement. “His braveness and dedication to defending others won’t ever be forgotten.”
“On behalf of all Californians, [my wife] Jennifer and I lengthen our deepest condolences to the household, mates and colleagues of Deputy Nunez,” Gov. Gavin Newsom stated. “His braveness, compassion and dedication to defending others replicate the best traditions of regulation enforcement. We honor his life and repair with gratitude; could his sacrifice by no means be forgotten.”
The suspect, who has not but been named by authorities, allegedly led police on a high-speed chase and was intentionally knocked off of his bike by one other deputy on the 210 Freeway in Upland.
At 1:35 p.m., an off-duty sheriff’s deputy carried out a authorized intervention, hitting the suspect and inflicting the bike to crash, Dicus stated.
Helicopter footage exhibits the suspect colliding with a black sedan whereas touring at 70 mph, hovering over the handlebars and touchdown on his again. The injured suspect was loaded onto a stretcher and transported from the crash web site to a hospital through helicopter.
