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Suspect in fatal shooting of Sacramento officer surrenders

Published:Friday | June 21, 2019 | 12:00 AM
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A man and woman watch as law-enforcement officers surround a home where a gunman has taken refuge after shooting a Sacramento police officer on Wednesday, June 19, in Sacramento, California.
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A Sacramento Police officer responds to the shooting of a fellow officer on Wednesday, June 19.
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A Sacramento Police officer puts up crime scene tape near a home that authorities have surrounded where a gunman has taken refuge after shooting a Sacramento police officer, Wednesday, June 19, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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A law enforcement officer mans a barricade near a home that authorities have surrounded where an armed suspect has taken refuge after shooting a Sacramento police officer, Wednesday, June 19, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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A woman watches as law enforcement officers surround a home where a gunman has taken refuge after shooting a Sacramento police officer, Wednesday, June 19, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Sacramento Police officers respond to a home that authorities have surrounded where a gunman has taken refuge after shooting a Sacramento police officer, Wednesday, June 19, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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A law enforcement officer mans a barricade near a home that authorities have surrounded where an armed suspect has taken refuge after shooting a Sacramento police officer, Wednesday, June 19, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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A Sacramento Police vehicle passes a roadblock near a home that authorities have surrounded where an armed suspect has taken refuge after shooting a Sacramento police officer, Wednesday, June 19, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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A law enforcement officer climbs into a tactical vehicle during a standoff with an armed suspect who has taken refuge after shooting a Sacramento police officer, Wednesday, June 19, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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SACRAMENTO, California (AP):

Sacramento police say a man suspected of fatally shooting a police officer who was on a domestic violence call has surrendered to authorities and is in police custody.

The Sacramento Police Department said in a statement Thursday that investigators are still gathering evidence at the location where 26-year-old Officer Tara O’Sullivan was shot on Wednesday.

Police have said O’Sullivan was assisting a woman removing belongings from a home in the north Sacramento neighbourhood when the suspect opened fire. The woman who was being assisted was not hurt.

Police say the suspect fired his rifle on and off during an eight-hour stand-off before he surrendered.

It took officers 45 minutes to rescue the wounded O’Sullivan because the gunman kept firing. She died at a hospital.

The suspect was not immediately identified.