As Sacramento police were cording off part of neighborhood after a shootout that left one officer dead, they were given a hard time by some bystanders as they were trying to control the scene.
Video taken by the bystanders show officers telling them to move back so they can establish a perimeter, with the civilians heckling the officers.
“The only person we need to be safe from is you,” one woman said to an officer.
“Take that gun off. I’ll whoop your little butt,” the same woman shouted. “All y’all cowards.”
VIDEO: Sacramento Police (@SacPolice) taunted by gawkers near the scene of a shooting that injured one of their fellow officers on Wednesday pic.twitter.com/Ea4VERvdV6
— Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) June 20, 2019
The officer killed on Wednesday was Tara O’Sullivan.
It is with a broken heart that we have to share with all of you that earlier today we lost one of our own. While on a call for service in North Sacramento, Officer Tara O’Sullivan was shot and killed. She gave her young life while protecting our community pic.twitter.com/MXr7C4M5qJ
— Sacramento Police (@SacPolice) June 20, 2019
O’Sullivan and other officers were responding to a domestic disturbance call when a suspect used a rifle to shoot at them at 6:10 p.m. Around 6:54 p.m., more officers arrived with an armored vehicle to rescue O’Sullivan. She was retrieved and taken to a hospital a few minutes later.
“We are devastated. There are no words to convey the depth of the sadness we feel, or how heartbroken we are for the family of our young, brave officer,” the Sacramento Police Department said. “The men & women of our police department will continue to do our jobs to protect our community, [and] we will draw strength from the courage of Tara.”
