West Sacramento police officer fired shots that killed suspect in Dunnigan
YOLO COUNTY — A suspect was shot dead by law enforcement as a SWAT Team served an arrest warrant in the Dunnigan area, authorities said Tuesday.
The Yolo County SWAT team was serving a search warrant for a suspect wanted on child sex charges. They say he was armed with a 12-inch knife. A West Sacramento police officer fired two rounds, killing the man.
The Yolo County Sheriff's Office said no officials were injured in the shooting.
Very few details on the situation have been released at this time.
The deadly shooting was on County Road 88C in Dunnigan, a rural road lined with neighbors who had difficulty getting to their homes.
"We went around the back road to come in because they had everything blocked off and all the trucks down there, so that was very strange to see so close to home," neighbor Michelle Hathaway said.
Hathaway and her family live four doors down from the deadly shooting. The man officers were there to arrest Tuesday morning was facing felony child sex charges.
"I had no idea," Hathaway said. "That's very disturbing to have something so close to home, especially having my little one."
The SWAT team is comprised of officers from the Woodland and West Sacramento police departments as well as deputies from the county Sheriff's Office. Since the Davis Police Department has no members in the SWAT team, they will be taking the lead on the investigation into the shooting.
Authorities now say that a West Sacramento police officer fired the shot that killed the suspect.
"For several hours after their arrival, they made continued announcements and attempts to get the subject to come outside, and surrender," Davis Police Lieutenant Jeff Beckwith said. "He was unresponsive to their attempts, shortly after, 12:30 in the afternoon, the officer-involved shooting occurred."
The big police presence in Dunnigan took over this small agricultural community.
"It's s kind of unnerving to see everything," Hathaway said.
