Veteran San Diego Police Officer Christopher Wilson, Shot and Killed in Apartment Shootout

SHOCK: Officer Christopher 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.

"Officer Christopher Wilson, a 17 year veteran of the Department, was removed from the apartment and transported to Scripps Mercy Hospital where he later died as result of the wounds sustained during the exchange of gunfire," said San Diego Police Lt. Andra Brown. 

Wilson was shot at a Skyline-area apartment complex, setting off an hours-long standoff between law enforcement and several armed suspects.

San Diego 6 News reporter Lynn Stuart reports the standoff ended shortly before 7 a.m. after police fired flash bangs and tear gas into the apartment.   When they entered they found a man and woman dead in an apartment with several guns around them. Source: San Diego 6

I am sick and tired of hardened criminals wreaking havoc on the lives of innocent people. This officer was just doing his job. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family in their time of grief.

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