Andrew Todd Stevens was a 37-year-old California Highway Patrol officer killed on November 17, 2005, during a routine traffic stop in Yolo County, California. Stevens, a 13-year CHP veteran, was shot near the intersection of County Road 96 and Highway 16 as he approached a stopped vehicle and greeted the driver; he died instantly. A bystander used Stevens’ radio to call for help while the shooter fled the scene.

Investigators later determined the shooter had been hired as a hitman to kill a different person and had been given a handgun for that contract; that same handgun was used to kill Officer Stevens. The shooter and a female accomplice who tried to hide him were arrested the next morning by Placer County deputies. The accomplice pleaded guilty to harboring a felon and received eight months in a residential drug rehabilitation program and five years probation. The shooter was convicted of first-degree murder with special circumstances and sentenced to death, and the person who supplied the firearm was convicted of murder and conspiracy and given 25 years to life.

Officer Stevens is remembered for his dedication and long service to public safety. Does anyone have additional information about the stop, the prosecution, or Stevens’ service in Yolo County that could help complete the record?