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CA Lady Cop Natalie Corona ID’d As Davis Rookie Police Officer Shot Dead During Traffic Stop

DAVIS, CA. (THECOUNT) — Davis Police officials have identified, Officer Natalie Corona, as the victim shot while responding to a traffic accident shortly before 7 p.m. Thursday in Davis, California, a city west of Sacramento.

Corona, 22, who had been on the job only a few weeks, was shot and killed by a suspect who opened fire as she was investigating a three-car crash, the sfchronicle is reporting.

The young rookie’s on-duty death marks the department’s first fatality in over 60 years.

The suspect, who has not been identified, was later found dead inside a Davis, California, home with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the Davis Police Department said. No other suspect information was immediately provided.

Corona was transported to UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, where she was later pronounced dead of gunshot injuries.

Police have not determined what prompted the attack.

Following the shooting, police issued a citywide shelter in place order as officers from throughout the region searched for the suspect. Police spent hours trying to coax the suspect out of a home about a block from the shooting scene, using floodlights and commands on loudspeakers for him to emerge with his hands up. At one point they sent in a robot and ignited flash bang grenades, the Sacramento Bee reported. source

Corona, whose dad was a veteran Colusa County Sheriff’s deputy, graduated from the Sacramento Police Department’s training academy in July and completed her field training just before Christmas, sfchronicle reports.

In the photo below, Corona can be seen delivering gifts to needy families.

She was the first Davis officer killed in the line of duty in six decades.

“She was a rising star in the department,” Davis Police Chief Darren Pytel said. “She just worked like you can’t believe.”

Before she entered the academy, the Davis Police Department ran out of funding for the paid position she had been in. She didn’t care; she showed up to work as a volunteer, Pytel said.

Davis is a city west of Sacramento, in California. It’s home to the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame, which has a collection of antique bikes and trophies. To the southwest, the UC Davis Arboretum features acres of gardens, with trails and a lake. Locally grown produce is sold at the Davis Farmers Market. The Hattie Weber Museum has exhibits on the area’s history, including dresses from the 1920s and ‘30s, according to wikipedia.

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