Thread: San Diego police officer killed in shootout UPDATED

San Diego police officer killed in apartment shootout identified as 17-year veteran

October 28, 2010 | 10:20 am

The San Diego police officer killed in an apartment shootout was identified Thursday as Christopher Wilson, a 17-year veteran.

Wilson was killed Wednesday night in the Skyline neighborhood, where five suspects were holed up in an apartment. Two of the suspects were killed and three were arrested.

A U.S. marshal and county probation officers accompanied by San Diego police officers went to the apartment building Wednesday night to serve a warrant for probation violation.

Police had recognized a person inside the apartment as a suspect in a case of assault with a deadly weapon, according to Acting Assistant Police Chief Jim Collins of the San Diego Police Department.

As authorities entered the apartment, the five suspects barricaded themselves in a back bedroom and exchanged gunfire with the officers, wounding Wilson.

The officers scrambled out of the apartment, and Wilson was taken to Scripps Mercy Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
A SWAT team was assembled, and hours later, using tear gas and a flash-bang grenade, officers stormed the apartment, exchanging gunfire with the people inside, officials said.

Once inside, police found a man and woman in a back bedroom, both dead and carrying handguns.

It was unclear how they were killed. Three others were arrested.

A Belgian Malinois police dog was treated at a veterinary hospital and expected to return to duty soon.

-- Tony Perry in San Diego and Stephen Ceasar in Los Angeles

Photo: Fox 5 News San Diego

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San Diego police officer killed in apartment gunbattle

By Debbi Baker, Kristina Davis and Pauline Repard
Originally published October 27, 2010 at 11:38 p.m.,

updated October 28, 2010 at 12:51 p.m.

SAN DIEGO — A veteran San Diego police officer died early Thursday after being mortally wounded in a gunbattle that resulted in an hours-long SWAT standoff at a Skyline apartment where a man and a woman were later found dead.

Three others were detained at the Canyon View Apartments on South Meadowbrook Drive at Paradise Valley Road after the incident, which began about 10:45 p.m. Wednesday, Capt. Jim Collins said.

Officer Christopher A. Wilson, 50, who had been on the force for 17 years, worked patrol in the Southeastern Division, Lt. Andra Brown said. The father of two died at Scripps Mercy Hospital in Hillcrest. A police dog was also wounded in the attack.

“He was popular, funny, extremely bright and a consummate professional,â€

UPDATE
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A man and woman who were arrested have been release without charges filed.
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Police have not released the names of the man or woman later found dead in the apartment, but the man was identified by friends and family as Holim Lee, 30. He had an arrest warrant for assault with a deadly weapon warrant that was issued July 30, as well as a bench warrant for an armed robbery issued Oct. 20, according to the Sheriff’s Department.

Lee’s family, who lives in Paradise Hills, issued the following statement Thursday afternoon: “We are horrified by the circumstances. Our family wants to give Officer Christopher Wilson’s family our deepest condolences. We are also mourning and we are so sorry this happened.â€

UPDATE

Police did not release the names of the others in the apartment. But public records and social networking sites identified the probationer who surrendered as Alex Charfauros, 26. The woman who died was Lucky Xayasene.