
Sacramento deputy, K-9, suspect killed in shootout: officials
A sheriff’s deputy, K-9 and suspect were killed in a shootout early Tuesday morning, the Sacramento Sheriff’s Department said.
Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat and largest city of Sacramento County. Located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in Northern California's Sacramento Valley, Sacramento's estimated 2019 population of 513,625 makes it the sixth-largest city in California and the ninth-largest capital in the United States. Sacramento is the seat of the California Legislature and the Governor of California, making it the state's political center and a hub for lobbying and think tanks. Sacramento is also the cultural and economic core of the Sacramento metropolitan area, which at the 2010 census had a population of 2,414,783, making it the fifth-largest in California.
A sheriff’s deputy, K-9 and suspect were killed in a shootout early Tuesday morning, the Sacramento Sheriff’s Department said.