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http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/San-Jose-police-officer-shot-6156909.php
The incident happened about 7:08 p.m. about 20 minutes after officers were called to investigate reports that Dunham was intoxicated and had a gun to his head at an apartment on the 2600 block of Senter Road, near Umbarger Road, and was threatening to commit suicide.
Police were asked to do a welfare check on Dunham, who reportedly threatened his wife and said he would kill her if “she didn’t leave,” the police dispatcher told officers responding to the call. The woman left the apartment and called one of her children, who called police.
Officers had taken up positions around the apartment when the shooting erupted.
The man shot an officer while apparently standing on a balcony, police said.
“Officer down! Officer down!” an officer said on the police radio.
“We have multiple shots being fired,” another officer reported.
The officer died at the scene. He served as a field training officer but wasn’t with a rookie at the time, police said.
The shooting brought scores of officers from numerous agencies to the scene. A meeting of the
San Jose City Council was abruptly adjourned shortly after the shooting.
Dunham’s wife told police that besides the rifle, he was known to be armed with at least two handguns and ammunition. Calls to phone numbers listed for the couple were not answered.
Officers with rifles took up positions in the area. SWAT officers and armored vehicles were also being called in.
A California Highway Patrol helicopter was assisting officers.
The last fatal shooting of an officer in the Bay Area was in January 2014, when BART police Sgt. Tom “Tommy” Smith was shot and killed by another BART detective who had mistaken him for an armed suspect during a search of a Dublin apartment.
The last San Jose officer to be killed in the line of duty was
Jeffrey Fontana, who was shot and killed in 2001 by a man who was later sentenced to life in prison.
The slaying of the officer Tuesday comes as the department is grappling with an exodus of officers amid budget cuts and a political battle over pension reform.