California officer killed during raid tied to transnational drug organization
- A police officer, Osmar Rodarte, was killed during a law enforcement operation in Northern California related to a drug trafficking investigation, according to officials.
- The incident occurred while executing a search warrant linked to a major drug trafficking investigation, according to Yuba County Sheriff Wendell Anderson.
- Yuba County Sheriff Wendell Anderson stated that Rodarte was struck by gunfire and later died at Rideout Hospital, marking the first officer killed in the line of duty in over a century.
- Authorities confirmed that the broader investigation targeted individuals believed to be part of a drug trafficking organization moving methamphetamine and fentanyl from Mexico into California.
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Marysville Police officer shot, killed
A Marysville Police officer was shot and killed Wednesday while helping to serve a search warrant – the first line-of-duty death for the small department in more than a century. Officer Osmar Rodarte was relatively new to the department, having served just two years, when he was killed executing a search warrant as part of a sweeping operation. The department is now part of a heartbreaking fraternity no agency wishes to join and Vacaville Police…
California officer killed during raid tied to transnational drug organization
A police officer was shot and killed during a law enforcement operation in Northern California, according to officials. The officer, identified as Osmar Rodarte, was part of a multi-agency SWAT team executing a search warrant tied to a major drug trafficking investigation. The incident occurred on Wednesday morning at a residence on Kestrel Court in Marysville as officers served one of 20 search warrants connected to a years-long investigation i…


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Marysville police officer killed in Olivehurst shooting
MARYSVILLE — A Marysville police officer died Wednesday after being shot during a multi-agency attempt to serve a warrant in a multi-agency drug investigation at a home in southwest Olivehurst, the Yuba County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Wednesday. A motorized procession of aw enforcement officers from the region escorted the officer’s body from Adventist Health/Rideout Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, to a mortuary on D Street Wedne…
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