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Sacramento police officer arrested in domestic violence case

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In a photo provided by the Sacramento Police Department, a patrol car shows damage from gunfire to one of its windows after a suspect, who had threatened suicide, fired on the vehicle Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, in Sacramento. Calif. Police said officers went to a home Tuesday night after 50-year-old Albert Wheeler's family reported that he had a gun and was threatening to commit suicide. (Sacramento Police Department via AP)

Man wanted for firing at Sacramento cop killed in standoff

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FILE - In this undated file photo released by the Sacramento Police Department is Officer Tara O' Sullivan. Hundreds of law enforcement officials on Thursday, June 27, 2019, will mourn the rookie Sacramento police officer, O'Sullivan, killed in what authorities described as an ambush while she responded to a domestic violence call. The officer had been with the police department about six months when she was shot June 19, 2019. (Sacramento Police Department via AP, File)

The Latest: Police chief says slain officer ‘force for good’

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FILE - In this undated file photo released by the Sacramento Police Department is Officer Tara O' Sullivan. Hundreds of law enforcement officials on Thursday, June 27, 2019, will mourn the rookie Sacramento police officer, O'Sullivan, killed in what authorities described as an ambush while she responded to a domestic violence call. The officer had been with the police department about six months when she was shot June 19, 2019. (Sacramento Police Department via AP, File)

Sacramento police officer was ‘marble wrapped in velvet’

By ANDREW OXFORD - Associated Press

This photo released Thursday, June 20, 2019, by the Sacramento Police Department shows Adel Sambrano Ramos. A rookie Sacramento police officer was shot by Ramos during a domestic violence call and lay wounded for about 45 minutes as the gunman kept officers at bay with bursts of fire, authorities said Thursday. Officer Tara O'Sullivan, 26, was finally rescued with an armored vehicle but died at a hospital. (Sacramento Police Department via AP)

The Latest: Suspect in police killing wears bandage to court

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This still image taken from bodycam video released by the Sacramento Police Dept. shows the Wednesday, June 22, 2019 confrontation where a rookie Sacramento police officer was ambushed by a gunman in Sacramento, Calif. Tara O'Sullivan, 26, was shot several times and one of the wounds was &quot;non-survivable,&quot; Sgt. Vance Chandler said at a late-night news conference. Adel Sambrano Ramos, 45, was charged with murder, the attempted murder of a fellow officer, and possessing two illegal assault rifles. (Sacramento Police Dept. via AP)

Memorial service Thursday for slain Sacramento officer

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A funeral hearst is led by an honor procession for Sacramento police officer Tara O'Sullivan as they drives along Highway 99 on the outskirts of Sacramento, on its way to the funeral home in Elk Grove, Calif. on Friday, June 21, 2019. O'Sullivan, 26, and other officers were helping a woman gather her belongings from a Sacramento home as part of a domestic violence call when the shooting occurred Wednesday evening. (Paul Kitagaki Jr./The Sacramento Bee via AP)

The Latest: Slain Sacramento policewoman was ambushed

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File - In this June 6, 2011, file photo, Tara O'Sullivan applauds during College Park High School's commencement ceremony in Concord, Calif. A rookie Sacramento police officer was shot during a domestic violence call and lay wounded for about 45 minutes as the gunman kept officers at bay with bursts of fire, authorities said Thursday. She was finally rescued with an armored vehicle but died at a hospital. O'Sullivan, 26, was shot Wednesday June 19, 2019, while helping a woman collect her belongings to leave her home. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group via AP, File)

California prosecutor says officer killed with illegal rifle

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

A Sacramento Police officer puts up crime scene tape near a home that authorities have surrounded where a gunman has taken refuge after shooting a Sacramento police officer, Wednesday, June 19, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

The Latest: Police grads honor slain Sacramento officer

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80 arrests made during Sacramento police shooting protest

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California Attorney General Xavier Becerra leaves leaves the Calvary Christian Center after meeting with SeQuette Clark, Tuesday, March 5, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif. Becerra is expected later today to announce the results of his criminal investigation into the shooting death of Clark's son, Stephon Clark, by Sacramento police officers last year. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

The Latest: Mayor seeks inquiry into police protest activity

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FILE - In this Tuesday, March 27, 2018 file photo, Stevante Clark stands on a desk as he shouts the name of his brother Stephon Clark, who was fatally shot by police a week earlier, during a meeting of the Sacramento City Council in Sacramento, Calif. Prosecutors are expected to announce Saturday, March 1 whether two police officers will face charges in last year's fatal shooting in Sacramento of an unarmed black man that generated nationwide protests. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

No charges for police who shot 22-year-old California man

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Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert, discusses the arrest of Roy Charles Waller, who is suspected of committing a series or rapes, during a news conference Friday, Sept. 21, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. Waller, 58, was taken into custody in Berkeley by Sacramento Police, Wednesday Sept. 20, 2018, and faces multiple counts of rapes that occurred in Northern California starting in 1991. In the background are from left, is Brian Staebell, Sonoma County chief deputy district attorney, Sacramento Police Sgt. Vance Chandler and Jeff Reisig, Yolo County District Attorney, right, (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California man arrested in 10 ‘horrific’ cold-case rapes

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Parolee dies Sacramento police wagon on way to jail

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File - In this March 21, 2018, file photo, people gather outside the home where Stephon Clark, 22, was shot and killed by a pair of Sacramento Police officers in Sacramento, Calif. A neighbor said Monday, April 9, 2018, he regrets making the 911 call that preceded the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man in a Sacramento backyard. Dave Reiling tells the Sacramento Bee he heard breaking glass the night of March 18 and went outside to find the windows of his truck smashed and a man in a hooded sweatshirt nearby. That's when he called the authorities. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Man regrets 911 call that led to Sacramento police shooting

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Pathologist, Dr. Bennet Omalu, gestures to a diagram showing the gun shot wounds he found on the body of police shooting victim Stephon Clark, during a news conference Friday, March 30, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. Omalu was hired for Clark's family to conduct an independent autopsy. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Stephon Clark was shot eight times, seven from behind, by police, says pathologist

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Pathologist, Dr. Bennet Omalu, discusses the results of the autopsy he conducted on police shooting victim Stephon Clark, during a news conference, Friday, March 30, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. Omalu, who was hired by the family to conduct an independent autopsy, said Clark was shot seven times from behind and took up to 10 minutes to die. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Police cameras show events in shooting of unarmed black man

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Protestors march down a street block an after the funeral for police shooting victim Stephon Clark, in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, March 29, 2018. Clark, who was unarmed, was shot and killed by Sacramento Police officers, Sunday, March 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

The Latest: New protest held over Sacramento police shooting

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Stevante Clark stands on a desk as he shouts the name of his brother Stephon Clark, who was fatally shot by police a week earlier, during a meeting of the Sacramento City Council, Tuesday, March 27, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. Stevante Clark disrupted the meeting and demanded to speak, causing the city council to adjourn for a roughly 15-minute recess as a result of the disruption. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

The Latest: Police will protect NBA game from protesters

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