Daniel “Danny” Oliver was identified as the shot and killed police officer in Auburn, California, on Friday.
Sacramento Sheriff Scott Jones confirmed that Oliver died after getting shot, according to local media reports.
Oliver was a 15-year member of the police force, reported the Sacramento Bee.
The suspect who shot him is still at large. He was not identified.
Two other sheriffs’ deputies were shot. A bystander was also injured in the shooting.
A woman who accompanied the suspect was also taken into custody, according to the Bee.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS - 3 California sheriffs’ deputies, bystander shot
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — An assailant shot three sheriff’s deputies in two neighboring Northern Californiacounties on Friday, also shooting and wounding a bystander in an attempt to carjack a vehicle, sheriff’s officials said.
Deputies were searching a canyon in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Auburn Friday afternoon for an armed man suspected in all four shootings. Placer County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Dena Erwin told The Associated Press that a woman who was seen with the man earlier in the day had been taken into custody, and Erwin said the woman had a handgun in her purse.
Residents in the rural area were being urged to stay indoors and Erwin said nearby schools were on lockdown as multiple law enforcement agencies searched for the remaining suspect.
The condition of the three deputies and bystander was not immediately known.
The dramatic events began around 10:30 a.m. when a Sacramento County deputy was shot as he approached a suspicious occupied vehicle in a parking lot in a commercial area, Sacramento County spokeswoman Sgt. Lisa Bowman said.
The driver of the vehicle and a female passenger then fled the scene and shot a fourth person in a residential area of Sacramento County when a driver refused to give up the keys to a vehicle, she said.
