On June 6, 2020, Sergeant Damon Gutzwiller, a 38-year-old deputy with the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office, was tragically killed in an ambush in Ben Lomond, California. Gutzwiller and other officers were responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle containing guns and bomb-making materials. Upon arriving at the scene, the officers followed the vehicle to a residence on Waldeberg Drive, where they were met with gunfire and improvised explosive devices. Gutzwiller was shot and later succumbed
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