A sheriff’s deputy has been taken into custody after authorities say he fatally shot a married couple and prompted a manhunt across suburban Northern California.
ALAMEDA, Calif. — A sheriff’s deputy was taken into custody Wednesday after he fatally shot a married couple, authorities said, prompting a manhunt across suburban Northern California and a nearly hourlong phone conversation that ended with his surrender, officials said.
Williams worked a courthouse shift Tuesday, as well as an overtime shift at a county jail until 11 p.m., Kelly said. It wasn't clear when or how Williams is alleged to have entered the Dublin home, he said. Williams fled in a Volkswagen, Kelly said. Highway patrol officers took him into custody about 160 miles away, near the city of Coalinga, minutes before authorities announced his surrender during an 11:30 a.m. news conference, Kelly said.
Silva declined to discuss Williams'"separation" from the department, saying it was a personnel matter.