El Dorado County deputy killed in shooting

By darik on October 23, 2019

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An El Dorado County sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed Wednesday morning while responding to a call for service in the area of Sand Ridge Road in Somerset.

“It is with an extremely heavy heart that we announce that we lost a deputy in the line of duty this morning. El Dorado County Sheriff’s Deputy Brian Ishmael was shot and killed after responding to a call for service in the area of Sand Ridge Road in Somerset, Ca. A ride-along was with Deputy Ishmael during the call and was injured during the shooting. Their condition is unknown at this time,” the sheriff’s office said in a news release.

Ishmael is a four-year veteran with the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office and previously worked for the Placerville Police Department.