Veteran San Diego Police Officer Shot & Killed in Apartment Shoot-Out With Deadly Weapon Suspect

SHOCK: Officer Chris Wilson, a veteran San Diego police officer, was shot and killed during a shootout inside an apartment in the Paradise Hills area of southeast San Diego. According to Fox News, officers were assisting the U.S. Marshal's Service and probation officers in a check on an assault with a deadly weapon suspect and were inside the apartment when the suspect opened fire at 10:45 p.m. Wednesday, Lt. Andra Brown said.

Three officers, including the fatally wounded officer, returned fire and backed out of the apartment in the Paradise Hills area of southeast San Diego. "There was a hail of bullets," Brown said when asked to estimate the number of gunshots.

Officers carried the wounded officer out of the building and he died at a hospital. "There was heroic action by the officers," the lieutenant said.

The type of weapon wasn't immediately known. The name of the officer is being withheld. Brown would only say he was a veteran officer with more than 15 years on the force. Source

We will update this post as soon as the name of the officer and suspect are revealed. Stay tuned.