Sergeant Damon Gutzwiller, 38, was killed on June 6, 2020, while serving with the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office. Officers were responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle allegedly containing guns and bomb-making materials; they followed the vehicle to a residence on Waldeberg Drive in Ben Lomond and were met with gunfire and improvised explosive devices. Gutzwiller was shot and later died at a hospital. A fellow deputy and a California Highway Patrol officer were also wounded.

Authorities identified an active-duty U.S. Air Force sergeant, Steven Carrillo, as the suspect. Carrillo was apprehended after a shootout and alleged attempted carjacking while armed. Investigators said Carrillo was linked to an anti-government extremist group known as the Boogaloo movement and that he had planned the ambush; he was also connected to a separate fatal shooting of a federal officer in Oakland a week earlier. Gutzwiller had served with the sheriff’s office since 2006 and left behind a wife and two young children, one of whom was unborn at the time of his death.

Does anyone in the Ben Lomond or Santa Cruz County area have information about the events leading up to June 6, 2020, that could help fill gaps in the timeline?