DAVIS, Calif. — Authorities say a police officer who’d only been on the job a few weeks has died after being shot in Northern California by a suspect who later died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Davis Police Department officials say 22-year-old Officer Natalie Corona was shot after responding to a traffic accident about 6:45 p.m. Thursday in the community west of Sacramento. Police said the shooting happened in the area of Fifth and C streets near downtown.
Corona was rushed to UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, where she later died.
Following the shooting, police issued a citywide shelter in place order as officers searched for the suspect, who was later found in a house near the shooting.
Police have not identified the suspect, nor determined what prompted the shooting.