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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KABC) -- Community members and chap instrumentality enforcement colleagues are mourning the nonaccomplishment of Riverside County Sheriff's Department Deputy Isaiah Cordero, who was killed successful the enactment of duty.
Loved ones brought flowers and candles successful Cordero's representation to a increasing memorial for the beloved lawman astatine the Jurupa Valley Sheriff's Station connected Friday - galore giving each different hugs arsenic they shed tears.
Area nonmigratory Alicia Caloca remembered Cordero arsenic a joyful person, who ever smiled and looked happy.
The beloved deputy, 32, was changeable and killed Thursday successful the enactment of work during a postulation stop. He had pulled implicit a pickup motortruck conscionable earlier 2 p.m. successful Jurupa Valley. As helium approached the vehicle, the operator pulled a weapon and changeable him, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said astatine a Thursday evening quality conference.
A witnesser called 911 and residents tried to assistance Cordero until paramedics arrived but helium was pronounced dormant astatine a hospital.
A monolithic manhunt past began for the shooter, who spotted successful San Bernardino County, sparking a pursuit connected freeways done some counties. A spike portion disabled 2 rear wheels but the motortruck kept going, the sheriff said.
News video showed dozens of California Highway Patrol and Sheriff's Department vehicles, including an armored SWAT vehicle, chasing the truck.
On the 15 Freeway successful Norco, the motortruck yet became disabled, losing an axle, and crashed, Bianco said.
"At the decision of the pursuit, the fishy fired rounds astatine deputies" with a handgun and they changeable back, sidesplitting him, Bianco said.
The suspect, William Shae McKay, 44, of San Bernardino County, had a agelong and convulsive transgression past stretching backmost to earlier 2000 that included kidnapping, robbery and aggregate arrests for battle with a deadly weapon, including a 2021 constabulary pursuit successful which a California Highway Patrol canine was stabbed, allegedly by an accomplice of McKay, the sheriff said.
William Shae McKay, 44, of San Bernardino County, is seen successful a erstwhile booking photograph released by the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.
According to Bianco, McKay had been convicted of a "third strike" discourtesy past twelvemonth that should person enactment him successful authorities situation for 25 years to life, but a San Bernardino County justice lowered his bail, allowing his release, and aboriginal released him pursuing an apprehension for failing to look astatine his sentencing.
"He should person been instantly sentenced to 25 years to life," Bianco said. "We would not beryllium present contiguous if the justice had done her job." Bianco said.
Caloca, who brought flowers Friday greeting to the Jurupa Valley Sheriff's Station to grant Cordero, believes the deputy's decease did not person to happen.
"This could person been prevented. It conscionable benignant of makes you much aggravated and a small spot much upset astir however the strategy tin be," she said.
El Monte constabulary officers delivered meal to the Jurupa Valley Sheriff's Station. They recognize this community's pain.
"I felt similar my bosom dropped," said Ruben Quintana with El Monte Police.
Back successful June, El Monte Police Sgt. Michael Paredes and Officer Joseph Santana were gunned down astatine a motel portion a investigating a crime.
"My bosom goes retired to them. If I had a magic wand, I would question it and rewind time. But unluckily beingness doesn't enactment that way. All I tin bash is connection my enactment successful immoderate mode that I can," Quintana said. "We grieve and mourn with them."
Cordero was a motorcycle serviceman assigned to Jurupa Valley, a metropolis that contracts with the Riverside County Sheriff's Department for policing services.
Cordero joined the 4,000-member beardown section arsenic a corrections deputy, worked successful section jails, became a sworn lawman successful 2018 and completed centrifugal schoolhouse to go a motorcycle lawman successful September, Bianco said.
Cordero "learned from his parent the worth of serving and helping others" and his extremity astatine the section was ever to go a centrifugal deputy, Bianco said.
"He was people drawn to instrumentality enforcement and surely embodied our motto of work supra self," Bianco said. "He was a jokester astir the presumption and each of our deputies considered him their small brother."
Several hours aft the shooting, dozens of motorcycle officers and patrol cars escorted a hearse transporting the deputy's flag-draped casket from the infirmary to the region coroner's office.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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