A California deputy was shot dead and another wounded while attempting to free hostages being held by a gunman during an hours-long standoff, according …
A California deputy was shot dead and another wounded while attempting to free hostages being held by a gunman during an hours-long standoff, according to officials. Kern County SWAT officer Phillip Campas — a Marine veteran — was killed while trying to storm a house in Wasco Sunday afternoon amid reports that hostages were “down,” officials said. Another SWAT officer was also hit, suffering “moderate” injuries, Kern County Lt. Joel Swanson told reporters at the scene. Deputies had first responded around 1 p.m. Sunday to calls of “possibly subjects down” inside the house — with “shooting in the background” heard in some of the 911 calls, Swanson said from the scene, about 25 miles northwest of Bakersfield.
