What Happened With Cody Vakoff?
Vakoff was shot and killed when he came to the rescue and responded to the call by arriving and trying to solve the situation. When Vakoff along with other officers arrived they found a chaotic scene at the place a woman was getting threatened and the woman was shot by a man who was later transferred to a hospital and survived. Vakoff saw that the person trying to kill the woman was threatening but he tried to stop but the accused shot Vakoff and he was shot as well. The accused was also transferred to the hospital and he was in police custody he is now arrested officially, but Vakoff did not survive the shooting. Vakoff was also transferred to the hospital as well but he did not survive the injury.
Who Is Sonny Thomas Almanza?
The accused who was shot and also shot Vakoff fatally was identified as 31 years old Sonny Thomas Almanza. The accused was held on suspicion of several charges like first-degree murder of a police officer, attempt to first-degree murder, attempt to murder with extreme indifference, possession of a weapon, two counts of child abuse as well, and lastly two counts of violence and crime. Sonny was arrested earlier as well and he pleaded guilty in 2008 to the first-degree assault with a weapon at that time he caused a bodily and deadly injury to a person. He later pleaded guilty to filing a false complaint in 2016. The people who called the police were a couple who lived in the nearby area and they saw the disturbance as well.
Cody Vakoff Death Reason
In the local area or town, Vakoff is the second police officer passed who passed away and he was the officer who passed away on duty. Other police officers paid their respects to Vakoff and his family was send condolences as well. Earlier an officer named Gordon Beasley passed away and at that time he was 40 years old and was shot by a gunman with a rifle in an ambush. Police decorated Vakoff’s car and it was seen that there were several flowers placed in the memorial of Vakoff several messages from the citizens and the government agencies as well came out and they all sent their condolences to the family members of the deceased.
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