An assailant who shot three sheriff's deputies, one fatally, and a bystander in the Sacramento County area has been taken into custody, a spokeswoman for the Placer County sheriff said Friday night.
Spokeswoman Dena Erwin said 34-year-old Marcelo Marquez, who also tried to carjack two vehicles, was taken alive Friday afternoon from a home in Auburn
Fox 40 earlier reported that a female suspect with the gunman had been apprehended.
Sheriff John Scott identified the dead officer as Deputy Danny Oliver, a 15-year veteran, who had been shot in the head.
Sheriff's spokeswoman Sgt. Lisa Bowman said the deputy was approaching a suspicious vehicle in a parking lot the Arden Way area of Sacramento near a Motel 6 when he was shot before 11 a.m. Friday.
"The person who was inside of the vehicle shot rounds at the officer," she said during a press conference on Friday. "At least one shot was fired at our deputy, striking him at least one time."
Scott said Oliver was survived by a wife and two daughter.
The shooter was described as an Hispanic male in his 30s with buzz cut hair, who had been accompanied by a woman. Scott said "his motive is known only to the suspect."
He also could not say how involved the woman had been in the shootings.
Scott said the gunman next tried to carjack a vehicle and shot the driver in the head when he resisted.
The suspects then made a second carjacking attempt and sped off in another vehicle.
A sheriff's spokeswoman in nearby Placer County said the assailant then shot two sheriff's deputies in Northern California.
Placer County Sheriff's spokeswoman Dena Erwin told The Associated Press that two of her department's deputies were shot by the same assailant.
A park ranger reported he saw the suspects changing their clothing in the Carmichael area, a few miles northeast of the site of the initial shooting.
Authorities were seeking a red 2002 Ford F150 extended cab pickup truck with an ice chest in the back.
The Associated Press contributed reporting to this story.
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