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Slain Calif. rookie remembered at graduation ceremony

By: The Associated Press, policeone.com

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Newly minted Sacramento police officers held a moment of silence for a rookie gunned down while helping a woman leave an abusive home but they said Tara O’Sullivan’s death wouldn’t make them timid about doing their jobs.

“I’m scared of the dangers we’re all going to face,” class speaker Thom Panen said. “Even though we are scared, we will not give into fear.”

Tara O'Sullivan decorated her mortar board with her police academy plans at College Park High School's commencement ceremony in Concord, Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group via AP, File)
O’Sullivan, 26, and other officers were helping a woman gather belongings from a Sacramento home as part of a domestic violence call Wednesday evening when police said a rifleman opened fire and continued firing, preventing other officers from reaching their wounded colleague for 45 minutes.

 

Full story: https://www.policeone.com/active-shooter/articles/484206006-Slain-Calif-rookie-remembered-at-graduation-ceremony/