Police officer Ronil Singh spent every second he possibly could with his loved ones on Christmas before he began what would be his final s...
Police officer Ronil Singh spent every second he possibly could with his loved ones on Christmas before he began what would be his final shift.
Heartbreaking photos show the 33-year-old hero cop from the Newman Police Department in California with his wife Anamika, their five-month-old son and his beloved dog.
They are beaming on the floor of his home in Modesto in front of the unwrapped presents under their tree for what would have been the youngster's first holiday season.
A few hours later, Singh was shot dead by an illegal immigrant during a DUI traffic stop.
His colleagues are now part of a massive manhunt to track down the killer, while President Trump has seized on the slaying to help fuel his argument to build the wall.
'There is right now a full scale manhunt going on in California for an illegal immigrant accused of shooting and killing a police officer during a traffic stop,' Trump tweeted.
'Time to get tough on Border Security. Build the Wall!'
Officer Ronil Singh, of the Newman Police Department, is survived by his wife, Anamika, and a five-month-old son, who are pictured next to him on Christmas
The late cop is pictured in another heartbreaking photo with his family, just hours before he was shot dead during a traffic stop
Newman police said Thursday evening that detectives performed a search warrant at a property in El Nido of Merced County, but had no luck.
'The suspect was not located at the property and the investigation remains fluid. We will have no details at this time regarding the search warrant,' the department said.
Sheriff Adam Christianson said the suspect 'doesn't belong here' and that 'he is a criminal'.
President Donald Trump on Thursday seized on the case of the illegal immigrant cop-killer to renew his argument that the U.S. should erect a wall on its southern border.
Singh had pulled over a gray pickup truck in the small town 100 miles south of San Francisco, after noticing it had no license plate.
Signh fired back to defend himself, Christianson said.
Trump also quoted a 2011 tweet from former President Barack Obama, who was repeating a line from his State of the Union address when he wrote: 'I strongly believe that we should take on, once and for all, the issue of illegal immigration.'
'I totally agree!' Trump added Thursday, before tying Singh's murder to the hot-button issue.
Authorities released surveillance images of the suspected gunman sought in the shooting death of Singh
Christianson has flown in Trump's orbit before.
He sat next to the president during a May 16 event at the White House focused on opposition to 'sanctuary city' policies that prohibit law enforcement agencies from cooperating with federal immigration authorities.
'There shouldn't be anybody interfering with a sheriff's ability, a chief's ability, or anybody in this room at this table today from defending people against those who exploit and victimize them,' he said then.
'There should be no interference in our ability to protect our communities, to protect our national security.'
Authorities in California's central valley have found the truck believed to belong to the unnamed suspect who remains at large.
The vehicle, believed to have been the one stopped by Singh, was found in a garage in a mobile home park about four miles away from the scene of the shooting.
The silver extended-cab Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck was seen in the area at the time of the shooting, and had paper plates on the vehicle, which read 'AR Auto.'
President Donald Trump used the manhunt to argue for his border wall
Trump also quoted a 2011 tweet from Barack Obama, who sounded Trumpian in his opposition to illegal immigration during his 2011 State of the Union address
Working from several tips from the public, police discovered it about 13 hours after the shooting at a River Road mobile home park just south of Azevedo Road, where law enforcement officers were serving a search warrant.
Police confirmed the pickup was the one believed to have been driven by the suspect.
Crime scene tape was seen inside the mobile home park, where several media outlets from surrounding counties converged late Wednesday afternoon.
'There's lots of potential evidence,' a police spokesperson said. 'Fingerprints, DNA, gunshot residue and physical evidence. We'll be processing the truck to get any evidence to help in the prosecution.'
The unidentified suspect, who was pictured on security camera footage entering a store shortly before the fatal shots were fired, remains a fugutive.
Singh was found with multiple bullet wounds, and was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The sheriff's office released surveillance stills of the suspect and the gray pickup truck found near the location of the shooting.
The suspected gunman appears in the images in an unzipped hooded sweatshirt and wearing a gold chain while purchasing items in a store.
Singh was a native of Fiji and the father of an infant son. He joined the Newman police force in 2011.
Earlier in his career, Singh worked as a deputy with the Merced County Sheriff's Department.
'He was living the American dream,' said Stanislaus County Sheriff's Deputy Royjinder Singh, who is not related to the slain officer but knew him.
'He loved camping, loved hunting, loved fishing, loved his family,' the deputy said.
On his Facebook page, Singh posted Christmas Eve pictures from a deep-sea fishing trip that produced a big haul of crabs and fish.
The profile picture shows him smiling as he stands at a patrol car with a dog – the same photograph of the officer released by the sheriff's department.
Outgoing California Gov. Jerry Brown offered condolences to Singh's family and said flags at the state Capitol would fly at half staff in his honor.
'Our hearts are with the entire community of Newman and law enforcement officers across the state who risk their lives every day to protect and serve the people of California,' Brown said.
Arrest Gov. Moonbeam Brown as an Accomplice.
ReplyDeleteThe "DOJ" should have ended the sanctuary crap on day one. File the first criminal AND civil lawsuits, freeze the assets of of the "sanctuarians" and the rest would change their tune. Forfeit ALL of Gov. Jerry Brown's assets to pay damages to the family of that murdered woman ....and jail him as an ACCESSORY.
Yes, "sanctuary implementors" DO OWE DAMAGES for any harm their law breaking leads to. By the way, why is a clerk jailed for refusing to do her duty and register homosexual marriages,but these politicians and police are not jailed for allowing sanctuary cities and refusing to do THEIR duty? SUE them for all their possessions.
Every politician blocking that wall is an ACCOMPLICE and ACCESSORY to the heroin epidemic.
Under Federal Law called the Harboring statute,those who Harbor and or conceal an illegal alien that murders an American,that person is eligible for the death penalty at Terre Haute!
Cannot say it often enough, these politicians took an oath to uphold the CONSTITUTION of the United States and therefore cannot whine that they do not have to enforce Federal Law. Every judge or politician blocking that wall is providing material aid and support to Narco Terrorists. Anyone who provides "sanctuary" to an illegal is harboring criminals, PERIOD. And if that illegal commits a crime the sanctuary providers is a ACTIVE ACCOMPLICE to the crime and is PERSONALLY Financially Liable for FULL restitution and gets to serve time for the crime........ Make them pay a price for their evil ....... If the "Appointed Defenders" of Our HOUSE refuse to do their duty, they are accomplices and personally responsible for the results. "Public Officials" That refuse to enforce the immigration laws and provide "sanctuary" to ILLEGALS automatically assume personal financial responsibility for ANY crimes and any damages created by said ILLEGALS. They also are accessories to any crimes committed by their ILLEGALS and should be JAILED as Accomplices. Same applies to any priest/church that provides "sanctuary" Take all their assets for reparations and jail them as accomplices to the crimes .