{"id":113538,"date":"2021-01-30T13:51:20","date_gmt":"2021-01-30T18:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=113538"},"modified":"2021-01-31T10:42:59","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T15:42:59","slug":"california-deputy-said-he-was-shot-in-line-of-duty-he-shot-himself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-deputy-said-he-was-shot-in-line-of-duty-he-shot-himself\/","title":{"rendered":"California Deputy Said He Was Shot In Line Of Duty. He Shot Himself."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-deputy-said-he-was-shot-in-line-of-duty-he-shot-himself%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=113538&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On January 31, 2020, Santa Clara County Sheriff\u2019s Deputy Sukhdeep Gill radioed for help after getting ambushed and shot on a dark rural road.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShots fired! Shots fired!\u201d Gill yelled into the radio around 10:30 p.m., prompting officers from the SCCSO and San Jose, Morgan Hill, and Gilroy police departments to respond. Gill told the first officer to arrive that he had parked on the side of the road so that he could urinate while he was on patrol. He said that when he was walking back to his patrol car, a silver sedan with its headlights turned off drove up alongside and the passenger of the vehicle shot him. Gill was coincidentally shot right where his body camera was placed \u2013 destroying it \u2013 and told the responding officer that he fired two shots in the direction of the fleeing vehicle, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sccgov.org\/sites\/da\/newsroom\/newsreleases\/Pages\/NRA2021\/Gill-J-Malinsky-.aspx\">a news release<\/a> from the SCCSO.<\/p>\n<p>The Sheriff\u2019s office said Gill\u2019s allegations \u201ctriggered a manhunt for the shooter\u201d before the deputy\u2019s story fell apart.<\/p>\n<p>Gill, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/01\/30\/california-deputy-arrested-for-faking-his-own-shooting\/\">according to the New York Post<\/a>, \u201cclaimed his body camera saved him from the bullet.\u201d At a news conference shortly after the alleged attack, Sheriff Laurie Smith said it \u201cwas an unprovoked attack, it was an ambush.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gill\u2019s story began to crumble shortly after he made the allegations, when recovered ballistics and other evidence didn\u2019t support his claims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe facts weren\u2019t adding up,\u201d said Sgt. Michael Low, <a href=\"https:\/\/sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com\/2021\/01\/29\/santa-clara-county-sheriffs-deputy-arrested-sukhdeep-gill-fake-shooting\/\">according to CBS San Francisco<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnytime we have an instance like this that hurts our reputation and our trust with the community, it\u2019s tough,\u201d Low said. \u201cWe are disappointed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gill surrendered on Friday after a warrant was issued for his arrest, CBS reported. He was charged with felony vandalism and a misdemeanor count of filing a false police report. Police allege he staged the ambush and shot himself to sell the story.<\/p>\n<p>Steven Clark, a legal analyst and former Santa Clara County deputy district attorney, wondered why Gill would make up something like this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe obvious question becomes, \u2018Why would an officer do something like this?\u2019\u201d Clark told CBS. \u201cWhy would you concoct a story that good detectives are going to unravel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOfficers responding to this call thought they were going to the scene of a potential cop killing. That\u2019s a very difficult mindset for these officers and it could\u2019ve resulted in very tragic outcomes and innocent people could\u2019ve died,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the big mystery here moving forward is what information was on that body camera, why did he destroy that, that\u2019s a question that police are going to want answers to,\u201d Clark told the outlet. \u201cEvery one of the cases he\u2019s worked on now to this point will be looked at and are in jeopardy because his credibility is called into question.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gill has worked for the SCCSO since 2015 and maintains his innocence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis case is bewildering and deeply disappointing,\u201d District Attorney Jeff Rosen said. \u201cDeputy Gill\u2019s actions abused the trust of his fellow officers and diverted public safety resources away from protecting the community to investigate a made-up crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On January 31, 2020, Santa Clara County Sheriff\u2019s Deputy Sukhdeep Gill radioed for help after getting ambushed and shot on a dark rural road. \u201cShots fired! 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