Erwin said the two officers were hit at close range with shots from an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle.ĭetective Michael David Davis, 42, was identified as the officer who was killed. Marquez shot them both, one of them fatally, and fled on foot, prompting the manhunt, said Dena Erwin, spokeswoman for the Placer County sheriff’s office. With the police in the region on high alert, two officers stopped the truck in a residential area near Auburn, and Mr. “Hurry up, because they’re chasing me,” Mr. The owner of the pickup truck, Jose Cruz, who was gardening outside a client’s house, told The Sacramento Bee that a man had pointed a gun at him and said he wanted his keys. Marquez stole a red Ford pickup truck, letting the owner detach a trailer before he drove away, according to Mr.
