LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. — A Southern California sheriff's deputy was shot and killed Friday, just two weeks after another deputy in the department was slain in the line of duty.

The deaths of deputies Darnell Calhoun on Friday and Isaiah Cordero on Dec. 29 were the first since 2003 where a Riverside County sheriff's deputy was killed in the line of duty, Sheriff Chad Bianco said.

The suspect in Calhoun's death is in custody and was listed in critical condition after a gunbattle with a second deputy, Bianco said Friday during a news conference.

Calhoun was fatally shot in the city of Lake Elsinore, the sheriff said. He died after being taken to the hospital in serious condition.

"I shouldn't be here tonight having to do this again," Bianco said Friday outside the hospital. "I'm devastated to tell of the loss of another of our deputy sheriffs who was killed in the line of duty today."

Calhoun is survived by his pregnant wife, Bianco said. He had previously worked for the San Diego Police Department — the agency said on Twitter it was "devastated" to learn of his death — before transferring to Riverside last year.

Source : https://www.npr.org/2023/01/14/1149279595/two-riverside-county-california-deputies-were-killed-weeks-apart