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Gutzwiller, 38, was killed and several other law enforcement officials were wounded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carrillo was arrested after he ambushed the officials in the community of Ben Lomond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this month,&nbsp;Carrillo was sentenced to 41 years in prison&nbsp;for killing David Patrick Underwood while he and a colleague guarded a federal building in Oakland amid large protests against police brutality following the May 2020 killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In February, Carrillo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2022\/02\/07\/ex-air-force-sergeant-to-change-plea-in-officer-killing\/\" target=\"_blank\">admitted to posting messages on Facebook<\/a> a day before the Oakland shooting asking anyone if they were \u201cdown to boog\u201d and saying he was ready to act and not just talk. 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