Crime

Watch: SLO releases details about shooting that killed police officer, wounded another

By Kaytlyn Leslie and Mackenzie Shuman
Police and sheriff’s deputies mark evidence on Margarita Avenue after a shooting Monday in San Luis Obispo. Two police officers and a suspect were shot during a warrant search. The suspect was confirmed dead, but the condition of the officers was not released initially.
Police and sheriff’s deputies mark evidence on Margarita Avenue after a shooting Monday in San Luis Obispo. Two police officers and a suspect were shot during a warrant search. The suspect was confirmed dead, but the condition of the officers was not released initially. David Middlecamp dmiddlecamp@thetribunenews.com

Latest update >> SLO police release name of officers killed, wounded in shooting

The city of San Luis Obispo will hold a news conference at noon Tuesday to provide updates and information on Monday’s shooting, which left one police officer and another wounded. The conference will be held at at Fire Station 1, 2160 Santa Barbara Ave., in San Luis Obispo. Watch the livestream below:

On Monday, San Luis Obispo Police Department officers were serving a search warrant at an apartment complex off Margarita Avenue in San Luis Obispo when the situation erupted into gunfire. Witnesses at the scene described a chaotic mix of yelling and gunshots.

By the end of the incident, one officer was dead, another wounded and a suspect had been killed by police.

This story was originally published May 11, 2021 at 11:53 AM.

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Kaytlyn Leslie writes about business and development for The San Luis Obispo Tribune. Hailing from Nipomo, she also covers city governments and happenings in San Luis Obispo. She joined The Tribune in 2013 after graduating from Cal Poly with her journalism degree.
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