Sacremento officer shot with "high powered" rifle

[Euler]

KTLA

A rookie Sacramento police officer who died during a domestic violence call was ambushed by a gunman and had no chance of surviving after she was shot, police said.

 

The disclosure came late Friday amid criticism that it took police 45 minutes to get to 26-year-old rookie Officer Tara O'Sullivan during the armed standoff.

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Police Chief Daniel Hahn said the gunman had stashed two assault rifles, a shotgun and handgun in different rooms and opened fire as officers knocked on the door.

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At that moment, more than 20 rapid shots are heard. The officer runs for cover and radios that a high-powered rifle is being fired.

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Nine days before the officer's killing, a judge issued a warrant for the arrest of [shooter Adel Sambrano] Ramos for failing to appear on a charge of battering a young woman.

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Authorities said lower-level warrants like the one Ramos faced rarely lead police to actively seek an arrest.

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Sacramento County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Sgt. Tess Deterding said many times deputies won't arrest lower-level fugitives even if they discover an outstanding warrant, because the offender would simply be released again with a new order to appear in court.

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KCRA

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According to the criminal complaint, Ramos faces two counts of illegally possessing "a semi-automatic center fire AR-15 style rifle built upon an unfinished 80% receiver with a non-fixed magazine and with a pistol grip which protrudes conspicuously below the action of the weapon."

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NBC News

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A criminal complaint described at least one of the rifles used as a .223-caliber assault rifle. It also says that he is charged with possessing two AR-15 style rifles built on unfinished 80 percent receivers, suggesting that they are so-called "ghost guns," although that term is not used in the documents.

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