The intense manhunt for the Northern California sheriff’s deputy – the suspect in a bizarre double murder in which a husband and wife were shot dead early Wednesday morning in their home – has come to an end abruptly almost 12 hours later by a phone call. Devin Williams Jr., a deputy with the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, called police shortly before noon and said he wanted to surrender. He had fled 258 kilometers south of the crime scene in the San Francisco Bay Area to a rural, desolate location in the Central Valley. Officers stayed on the phone with the 24-year-old recruit – whom they initially described as armed and dangerous – seeking a peaceful end to the manhunt that began in Dublin, California, just after the murders broke out. been reported at age 12. :45 amThe Dublin Police Chief spent 45 minutes talking to the deputy about what police described as a mental health crisis and negotiating his eventual surrender to the California Highway Patrol. “It is a great loss to our community and it is even more heartbreaking to find out that it was one of our own who was the trigger for this tragic incident,” Dublin Police Chief Garrett said. Holmes, who is also a commander in the sheriff’s office, Police were called to a home in Dublin — a town in the East Bay about 35 miles (56 kilometers) from downtown San Francisco — at around 12:45 a.m. to a conference Witnesses identified the shooter as Williams. Police say Williams used his service weapon in the shooting and threw it out of his car window as he fled. Detectives were still looking for the weapon. The two victims, a 42-year-old woman and a 58-year-old man whose names were not immediately released, were pronounced dead at the scene. Williams knew the couple but investigators were still trying” to refine their connection” and determine the motive, a said Lt. Ray Kelly, spokesman for the sheriff’s office. The couple have a teenage child who was at home at the time of the murders, Kelly said. There was also a male relative of the couple in the house who was visiting. He was uninjured and was talking to detectives about what happened, Kelly said. it happened,” he added. “I’ll look into that. There are a lot of questions that need to be answered,” he said. The violence left law enforcement stunned. Williams had worked for the sheriff’s office since September 2021 and was still on probation. He had been assigned to the Oakland Courthouse and there were no concerns about his job performance. Wednesday was his first anniversary with the department. “It’s a tragedy. We’re all in shock here,” Kelly said. Williams, who is from Stockton, briefly worked with the Stockton P Stockton police spokesman, Officer Joseph Silva, said he could not explain why Williams left the department, as he was a “personnel matter”. He confirmed that Williams worked for the Stockton Police Department from January 2020 to January 2021. The Alameda County Deputy Sheriffs Association, the union that represents rank-and-file deputies, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. This is a development story, stick with KCRA 3 for the latest.
The intense manhunt for the Northern California sheriff’s deputy – the suspect in a bizarre double murder in which a husband and wife were shot dead early Wednesday morning in their home – has come to an end abruptly almost 12 hours later by a phone call.
Devin Williams Jr., a deputy with the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, called police shortly before noon and said he wanted to turn himself in. He had fled 160 miles (258 kilometers) south of the crime scene in the San Francisco Bay Area to a rural, desolate location in the Central Valley.
Officers stayed on the phone with the 24-year-old rookie – whom they initially described as armed and dangerous – seeking a peaceful end to the manhunt that began in Dublin, California, just after the murders broke out. were reported at 00:45.
The Dublin police chief spent 45 minutes talking to the deputy about what police described as a mental health crisis and negotiating his eventual surrender to the California Highway Patrol.
“It’s a great loss to our community and it’s even more heartbreaking to find out that it was one of our own who was the trigger for this tragic incident,” Dublin Police Chief Garrett said. Holmes, who is also the Sheriff’s Commanding Officer. Desk.
Police were called to a home in Dublin – a town in the East Bay about 56 kilometers from downtown San Francisco – around 12:45 a.m. The 911 caller said an intruder entered the house brandishing a firearm and shot two people. before fleeing in a vehicle, Holmes told a news conference.
Witnesses identified the shooter as Williams.
Police say Williams used his service weapon in the shooting and threw it out of his car window as he fled. Detectives were still looking for the weapon.
The two victims, a 42-year-old woman and a 58-year-old man whose names were not immediately released, were pronounced dead at the scene.
Williams knew the pair but investigators were still trying to “hone their connection” and determine the motive, said Lt. Ray Kelly, a spokesman for the sheriff’s office.
The couple have a teenage child who was at home at the time of the murders, Kelly said. There was also a male relative of the couple in the house who was visiting.
He was uninjured and was talking to detectives about what happened, Kelly said.
“It wasn’t a random crime,” Kelly said. It’s a very bizarre chain of events that unfolded,” he added.
Kelly said Williams went through “significant events” in her life over the past few months leading up to the murders, but did not elaborate on what happened.
“A lot of these events have not been discovered or disclosed and we are going to look into that. There are a lot of questions that need to be answered,” he said.
The violence left law enforcement stunned. Williams had been in the sheriff’s office since September 2021 and was still on probation. He had been assigned to the Oakland Courthouse and there were no concerns about his job performance. Wednesday was his one-year anniversary with the department.
“It’s a tragedy. We’re all in shock here,” Kelly said.
Williams, who is from Stockton, briefly worked with the Stockton Police Department, where he completed his police academy, but was eventually fired after failing his field training program, Kelly said.
Stockton police spokesman Officer Joseph Silva said he could not explain why Williams left the department because it was a “personnel matter”. He confirmed that Williams worked for the Stockton Police Department from January 2020 to January 2021.
The Alameda County Deputy Sheriffs Association, the union that represents rank-and-file deputies, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
This is a developing story, stick with KCRA 3 for the latest.