5:56 PM: A BART
police officer was accidentally shot and killed by a fellow officer while
conducting a probation search in Dublin this afternoon, an Alameda County
sheriff’s spokesman said.
The shooting
occurred just before 2 p.m. at the Park Sierra Apartments at 6450 Dougherty Road,
Alameda County sheriff’s Sgt. J.D. Nelson said.
Nelson said
several officers went there to search an apartment belonging to a suspect in a
series of recent robberies on BART.
The two officers
entered the apparently empty apartment and one officer accidentally fired a
shot that wounded the other officer, Nelson said.
The wounded
officer was taken to Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley, where he succumbed
to his injuries, Nelson said.
Nelson said he
assumes that the officers had their guns drawn as they entered the apartment
but that the details of how or why the officer’s gun went off remain unclear.
The suspect was
not at home at the time of the shooting.
Dublin police are
investigating the shooting. The city of Dublin contracts with the sheriff’s
office for police services.
BART Police Chief
Kenton Rainey and General Manager Grace Crunican said in a statement, “The
entire BART organization is deeply saddened by this tragic event and we ask the
public to keep the officer’s family in its thoughts and prayers.”
Rainey said that
he and Crunican visited with the officer’s family after the shooting to offer
condolences and support. The officer’s name has not been released.
The shooting marks
the first death of a BART police officer in the agency’s history.
Jeff
Shuttleworth/Sasha Lekach, Bay City News
4:41 PM: A BART
police officer was accidentally shot and killed by a fellow officer while
conducting a probation search in Dublin this afternoon, an Alameda County
sheriff’s spokesman said.
The shooting
occurred at 1:03 p.m. at the Park Sierra Apartments at 6450 Dougherty Road.
Alameda County
sheriff’s Sgt. J.D. Nelson told reporters at the scene this afternoon that the
officers were searching the apartment of a suspect who had committed various
crimes, including robberies.
During the search,
one of the BART officers was shot, and it appears he was shot accidentally by
another BART officer at the scene, Nelson said.
The wounded
officer was taken to Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley, where he succumbed
to his injuries, Nelson said.
Nelson said there
are no suspects at large, and Dublin police are investigating the shooting. The
city of Dublin contracts with the sheriff’s office for police services.
BART Police Chief
Kenton Rainey and General Manager Grace Crunican said in a statement, “The
entire BART organization is deeply saddened by this tragic event and we ask the
public to keep the officer’s family in its thoughts and prayers.”
Sasha Lekach, Bay
City News
4:11 PM: A BART
police officer who was shot while doing a probation search in Dublin this
afternoon has died, transit agency officials said.
BART Police Chief
Kenton Rainey and General Manager Grace Crunican said in a statement, “The
entire BART organization is deeply saddened by this tragic event and we ask the
public to keep the officer’s family in its thoughts and prayers.”
BART officials
said the shooting occurred at 1:03 p.m. and the officer was taken to a hospital
to be treated for his wounds.
BART officials
said they aren’t releasing any additional details at this time and the
investigation has been taken over by the Dublin Police Department.
Jeff Shuttleworth,
Bay City News