Man accused of killing California deputy named
UPDATE: 9/18/2018 11:50 a.m. Authorities have identified a 38-year-old man accused of shooting two Sacramento County sheriff’s deputies.
The sheriff’s department said Tuesday that Anton Lemon Moore of Rancho Cordova is hospitalized after being shot multiple times during a shootout with deputies Monday. He’s also known as Anton Lemon Paris.
Sheriff Scott Jones says Moore shot at deputies when they responded to a routine call about a conflict at an auto parts store in Rancho Cordova, just outside Sacramento.
Twenty-seven-year-old Deputy Mark Stasyuk was killed and 28-year-old Deputy Julie Robertson was shot in the arm. Robertson is expected to recover.
The sheriff says Moore was captured after a shootout with two other deputies nearby.
The sheriff’s department says a bystander who was hit in the crossfire is stable but remains hospitalized.
UPDATE: 9/18/2018 8:34 a.m. Flags at California’s Capitol are flying at half-staff after a Sacramento County sheriff’s deputy was killed and a second wounded in a confrontation at a Pep Boys store.
A bystander and the suspected gunman also were wounded in Monday afternoon’s shootout at the auto parts store in Rancho Cordova, just outside Sacramento.
Authorities say deputies were answering a report of a dispute between a man and a store employee when, without warning, the suspect opened fire.
Twenty-seven-year-old Deputy Mark Stasyuk was killed and 28-year-old Deputy Julie Robertson was shot in the arm.
Sheriff Scott Jones says the suspect and the bystander are expected to survive. Their names haven’t been released.
Stasyuk had been with the department for over four years.
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Two Sacramento County sheriff’s deputies and a bystander have been shot during an incident just outside of the capital city.
Department spokesman Sgt. Shaun Hampton says the suspect is in custody.
Hampton says the shooting Monday afternoon occurred at a Pep Boys auto parts store on a busy street in Rancho Cordova, California. Hampton says it’s unclear what led to the shooting.
Hampton did not provide details on the deputies’ or the bystander’s condition.
Sacramento Metro Fire Capt. Chris Vestal says four people were taken to the hospital.
