SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Timeline of officers gunned down while in the line of duty. The timeline below begins at year 2000.
————-Police Ofc. Jeffrey Lynn Azuar, 50
Vallejo Police Dept.
End of Watch: Wednesday, April 12, 2000
Ofc. Jeffrey Azuar was shot and killed after he and another Ofc. attempted to serve a failure to appear warrant on a suspect.
Ofc. Azuar had been employed with the Vallejo Police Dept. for 21 years, and is survived by his daughter.
————-Police Ofc. Jeffrey Fontana, 24
San Jose Police Dept.
End of Watch: Sunday, October 28, 2001
Ofc. Jeffrey Fontana was shot and killed while patrolling an affluent neighborhood in San Jose.
Ofc. Fontana had been employed with the San Jose Police Dept. for about one year, but had only been on patrol by himself for one week. He is survived by his parents and two brothers.
————-Inspector Raymond Joseph Giacomelli, 46
Pittsburg Police Dept.
End of Watch: Tuesday, April 15, 2003
Inspector Giacomelli was shot and killed while conducting a murder investigation.
Inspector Giacomelli had been employed with the Pittsburg Police Dept. for 23 years. He is survived by his wife and two teenage daughters.
————-Police Ofc. Isaac Anthony Espinoza, 29
San Francisco Police Dept.
End of Watch: Saturday, April 10, 2004
Ofc. Isaac Espinoza was shot and killed as he and his partner investigated a suspicious person on Newhall Street at approximately 9:30 pm.
Ofc. Espinoza had served with the San Francisco Police Dept. for eight years, and was assigned to the Bayview Station. He is survived by his wife, 3-year-old daughter, parents, and sister.
————-Police Ofc. Larry Elwood Lasater, Jr., 35
Pittsburg Police Dept.
End of Watch: Sunday, April 24, 2005
Police Ofc. Larry Lasater succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained the previous day while attempting to arrest two robbery suspects on the Delta De Anza Regional Trail.
Ofc. Lasater was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Pittsburg Police Dept. for 5 years. He was survived by his expectant wife, mother, and brother. His son was born 2 1/2 months after his death.
————-Police Ofc. Nels Daniel “Dan” Niemi, 42
San Leandro Police Dept.
End of Watch: Monday, July 25, 2005
Ofc. Nels Niemi was shot and killed in an ambush attack while investigating a disturbance call on Doolittle Drive.
Ofc. Niemi had served with the San Leandro Police Dept. for 3 years. He is survived by his wife, son, and daughter.
————-Ofc. Richard Allen May, Jr., 38
East Palo Alto Police Dept. CA
End of Watch: Saturday, January 7, 2006
Ofc. Richard May was shot and killed when he responded to a disturbance call.
Ofc. May was a US Marine Corps veteran and had served with the East Palo Alto Police Dept. for 18 months. He had previously served for 13 years with the Lompoc Police Department. He is survived by his wife and three daughters.
————-Police Ofc. Bryan D. Tuvera, 28
San Francisco Police Dept. CA
End of Watch: Saturday, December 23, 2006
Ofc. Bryan Tuvera was shot and killed while in pursuit of an escaped convict.
Ofc. Tuvera had served with the San Francisco Police Dept. for 4 1/2 years. He is survived by his wife, who also serves as a San Francisco police officer, mother, and sister.
————-Sgt. Paul Avery Starzyk, 47
Martinez Police Dept. CA
End of Watch: Saturday, September 6, 2008
Sgt. Paul Starzyk was shot and killed while responding to a shots fired call at a local hair salon.
Sgt. Starzyk was a 12-year veteran of the Martinez Police Department. He is survived by his wife and three children.
————-Sgt. Daniel Takashi Sakai, 35
Oakland Police Dept. CA
End of Watch: Saturday, March 21, 2009
Sgt. Daniel Sakai and Sgt. Ervin Romans, SWAT team members, were killed when they attempted to apprehend a suspect that had earlier in the day shot and killed Sgt. Mark Dunakin and mortally wounded Ofc. John Hege during a traffic stop.
Sgt. Sakai had served with the Oakland Police Dept. for nine years.
————-Sgt. Ervin Julius Romans, II, 43
Oakland Police Dept. CA
EOW: Saturday, March 21, 2009
Sgt. Ervin Romans and Sgt. Daniel Sakai, SWAT team members, were killed when they attempted to apprehend a suspect that had earlier in the day shot and killed Sgt. Mark Dunakin and mortally wounded Ofc. John Hege during a traffic stop.
Sgt. Romans had served with the Oakland Police Dept. for 13 years and had previously served with the United States Marine Corps. He is survived by his wife, three children, and two stepchildren.
————-Sgt. Mark Thomas Dunakin, 40
Oakland Police Dept. CA
End of Watch: Saturday, March 21, 2009
Sgt. Mark Dunakin and Ofc. John Hege were shot and killed during a traffic stop at 74th Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard. During the stop, the driver opened fire, killing Sgt. Dunakin and mortally wounding Ofc. Hege. Citizens who witnessed the incident called 911 and started CPR on both officers.
Sgt. Dunakin had served with the Oakland Police Dept. for 17 years and is survived by his wife and three children.
————-Police Ofc. John Raymond Hege, 41
Oakland Police Dept. CA
End of Watch: Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Ofc. John Hege and Sgt. Mark Dunakin were shot and killed during a traffic stop at 74th Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard. During the stop, the driver opened fire, killing Sgt. Dunakin and mortally wounding Ofc. Hege. Citizens who witnessed the incident called 911 and started CPR on both officers.
Ofc. Hege had served with the agency for 10 years.
————-Police Ofc. James Lowell Capoot, 43
Vallejo Police Dept.
End of Watch: Thursday, November 17, 2011
Ofc. James Capoot was shot and killed during a foot pursuit of bank robbery suspects following a high-speed chase.
Ofc. Capoot was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran. He had served the Vallejo Police Dept. for 19 years and had previously served with the Highway Patrol for two years. He is survived by his wife and three daughters.
————-Ofc. Kenyon Marc Youngstrom, 37
Highway Patrol,
End of Watch: Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Ofc. Kenyon Youngstrom succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained the previous day while making a traffic stop with another Ofc. on southbound I-680, near Livorna Road in Alamo, at approximately 8:20 am.
Ofc. Youngstrom was a U.S. Army veteran and had served with the Highway Patrol for seven years. He is survived by his wife, four children, mother, and five siblings.
————-Sgt. Loran Lee “Butch” Baker, Jr.
Santa Cruz Police Dept. CA
End of Watch: Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Sgt. Loran Baker and Detective Elizabeth Butler were shot and killed as they followed up on a sexual assault investigation at a residence in the 800 block of North Branciforte Avenue at approximately 3:30 pm.
Sgt. Baker had served with the Santa Cruz Police Dept. for 28 years. He is survived by his wife, son, two daughters, parents, and sister. Sgt. Baker’s son also serves with the Santa Cruz Police Department.
————-Detective Elizabeth Chase Butler, 38
Santa Cruz Police Dept. CA
End of Watch: Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Detective Elizabeth Butler and Sgt. Loran Baker were shot and killed as they followed up on a sexual assault investigation at a residence in the 800 block of North Branciforte Avenue at approximately 3:30 pm.
Detective Butler had served with the Santa Cruz Police Dept. for 10 years. She is survived by her two children and her boyfriend.
————-Police Ofc. Michael Johnson
San Jose Police Dept. CA
End of Watch: Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Police Ofc. Michael Johnson was shot and killed as he and other officers responded to a suicide threat at an apartment in the 2600 block of Senter Road shortly after 6:40 pm.
Ofc. Johnson had served with the San Jose Police Dept. for 14 years.
————-Sgt. Scott Lunger
Hayward Police Dept. CA
End of Watch: Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Sgt. Scott Lunger was shot and killed while conducting a traffic stop near the intersection of Myrtle Street and Lyon Street at approximately 3:15 am.
Sgt. Lunger had served with the Hayward Police Dept. for 15 years. He is survived by his two daughters.