I speak for all members of the San Francisco Police Officers Association when I express sympathy and condolences to the families and friends of two northern California Deputy Sheriffs killed by the same shooter on Friday, October 24, 2014.
Sacramento County Deputy Danny Oliver, 47, was the first to be killed while approaching the suspect’s vehicle to investigate a possible carjacking. Deputy Oliver, a 15-year veteran of the force, left behind a wife and two daughters.
Later the same day, the suspect was confronted by two Placer County Sheriff deputies, both of whom were hit by the suspect’s gunfire. One of the deputies, 42-year-old Michael David Davis Jr., later died. Deputy Davis was a 15-year veteran with the department.
In a most cruel bit of fate, Deputy Davis was killed in the line of duty on the same date that his father died in the line of duty in Riverside County exactly 26 years earlier. In that incident, Investigator Michael Davis, Sr. died in a police helicopter crash while serving on a narcotics task force.
