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<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cOur community is heartbroken,\u201d said Mayor Heidi Harmon. \u201cDetective Benedetti loved this City and bravely gave his life so that we could live in peace and safety. Luca\u2019s children have lost their father so we could be safe. We will hold Detective Benedetti and his family in our hearts forever.\u201d<\/p>\n
She also recognized the bravery of all the officers involved in this incident, especially the wounded officer. \u201cAs Detective Orozco recuperates at home, we are grateful that his physical wounds will heal, and we recognize that yesterday\u2019s events have changed his life forever.\u201d<\/p>\n
Detective Benedetti is survived by his wife and two young children. He joined the San Luis Obispo Police Department in 2012 and before that served for four years with the Atascadero Police Department.<\/p>\n
At approximately 5 p.m. yesterday, six SLOPD officers served the search warrant for possible stolen property related to a series of late-night commercial burglaries that have taken place over the past week.<\/p>\n
As the officers approached the apartment, they provided \u201cknock and notice\u201d identifying themselves as law enforcement as required by California Penal Code 844. After an extended period of time and having received no response, they forced open the front door. Giron was laying in wait and began to fire shots at the officers from inside the apartment. Officers\u2019 returned fire and retreated, however the two officers were shot during the exchange of gunfire.<\/p>\n
Giron was later found deceased inside the apartment with an apparent self-inflicted, fatal gunshot wound and other injuries consistent with being struck by the officers return fire.<\/p>\n
The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff\u2019s Office, in coordination with the District Attorney\u2019s Office, will be conducting the investigation into this incident. \u201cWe appreciate their assistance through this difficult time,\u201d said Acting Chief Brian Amoroso. \u201cHaving an outside agency conduct the investigation is a standard practice for officer involved shootings and we are cooperating fully with their investigation,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
No additional details will be released by SLOPD. Any questions related to the investigation will be referred to the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff\u2019s Department.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had the distinct pleasure of working with Luca over the past 9 years,\u201d Amoroso said. \u201cHe was a dedicated officer, a talented detective, a proud member of the San Luis Obispo Regional SWAT Team, and most importantly, a loving husband and father.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe entire SLOPD is grateful for the outpouring of support we have received from the community,\u201d Amoroso said. \u201cWe are also grateful for the continued support from our Central Coast law enforcement partners and beyond. The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff\u2019s Office along with allied law enforcement agencies in the county will respond to calls for service in the City of San Luis Obispo during the coming days while members of the SLOPD grieve and work through this tragedy,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
San Luis Obispo, CA…San Luis Obispo Police Detective Luca Benedetti, a 12-year veteran of law enforcement, was shot and killed Monday while serving a search warrant at an apartment on Camellia Court, off Margarita Avenue near South Higuera Street in San Luis Obispo. The suspected shooter was identified as Edward Zamora Giron, 37, who was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":120026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,16,1,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-law-enforcement","category-news","category-obituaries","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/184721936_4387130797964231_1819466060034733624_n.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=120025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/120026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=120025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=120025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=120025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}