Two law enforcement agencies are mourning the loss of two colleagues -- and friends -- who died in a violent crime spree Friday that spanned from Sacramento County to Placer County.
Both Sacramento County Sheriff's Deputy Danny Oliver, 47, and Placer County Sheriff's Det. Michael David Davis, Jr., 42, died protecting their community.
"We live as a family," Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones said. "Today we grieve as a family."
Oliver was killed Friday morning. He was doing what he'd done countless times as a problem oriented police officer, checking on a suspicious vehicle. This time, though, a man armed with a rifle shot him in the head.
Oliver, a 15-year veteran of the sheriff's department, died at UC Davis Medical Center. He leaves behind a wife and two children.
"If a suspect is willing to shoot an officer unprovoked, then no one is safe," Jones said during a news conference on Friday afternoon.
The gunman's rampage continued to Auburn after carjacking pickup truck in the Arden-Arcade area of Sacramento. Two Placer County sheriff's deputies spotted the stolen truck and were immediately shot at by the suspect.
Deputy Jeff Davis was shot in the arm. He was treated and released from Sutter Roseville Medical Center.
Det. Michael David Davis Jr. didn't survive.
"Today this organization, this family, suffered a horrific loss," Placer County Sheriff Ed Bonner said.
Davis Jr. leaves behind a wife and four children. He'd been with the Placer County Sheriff's Department for 15 years.
In a tragic coincidence, Davis Jr. was killed 26 years to the day after his father Michael David Davis Sr., a Riverside County sheriff's investigator, also died in the line of duty.
Shooting suspect Marcelo Marquez, 34, was taken into custody at an Auburn home after a standoff with deputies. His wife Jannelle Monroy, who was with Marquez during the shootings, was arrested before the standoff. Both will be booked in Sacramento County Jail.
Bonner took a moment to comment on the Marquez's capture in a news conference Friday evening:
"I think there are those people who would say 'I wish you'd kill him.' No. that's not who we are. We are not him. We did our job. I'm incredibly proud of the men and women who go out there every day and put their life on the line."
