{"id":34076,"date":"2020-08-28T00:47:46","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T00:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/08\/28\/air-force-sergeant-pleads-not-guilty-in-killing-of-sheriffs-deputy\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:53:10","slug":"air-force-sergeant-pleads-not-guilty-in-killing-of-sheriffs-deputy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2020\/08\/28\/air-force-sergeant-pleads-not-guilty-in-killing-of-sheriffs-deputy\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force sergeant pleads not guilty in killing of sheriff\u2019s deputy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

DUBLIN, Calif. \u2014 An Air Force sergeant pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder charges in the ambush killing of a sheriff\u2019s deputy, one of two killings of law enforcement officers he is suspected of committing in Northern California last spring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steven Carrillo<\/a>, who officials say is associated with the extremist anti-government \u201cboogaloo\u201d group, entered the plea in the June 6 death of Santa Cruz Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller<\/a> in Ben Lomond, a town in the Santa Cruz mountains south of San Francisco, the East Bay Times<\/a> reported. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorities said Carrillo, 32, ambushed Gutzwiller and other sheriff\u2019s deputies while they responded to a report of a van containing firearms and bomb-making materials. Gutzwiller, 38, was killed and several other law enforcement officials were wounded, according to authorities. <\/p>\n\n\n\t