It's very very sad and has shaken me and those who I know who live in, or have a connection to, Davis. RIP Officer Corona.

Absolutely tragic. Natalie Corona was only 22 years old and came from a police officer family. She got her Davis badge in August and was only a few weeks into her first solo duties. This is the first police office killing in Davis since 1959.

https://www.davisenterprise.com/local-news/breaking-davis-police-officer-shot/

It’s an absolute tradegdy that this happened to this beautiful young officer and in Davis of all places. Yes, I bet the community is devastated by this senseless act of violence. Why would a simple auto accident be the cause of the shooting of a police officer? Tragic to say the least.

Sac Bee quotes one witness, speculation it was an ambush. ... I think I read shooter had a bullet proof vest on, then later ended his own life.

I happened to pass through right where it happened earlier that day. I remember seeing one of the firefighters wiping off one of the firetrucks. Apparently the shooter shot at a firefighter but only hit his boot. It's so weird to think that happened only a few hours later.

I noticed that the Davis community has a vigil tonight for Office Corona in Central Park (1000 expected) and that the entire city has really rallied to her memory. I wish I could go. UC Davis students very much involved in this event. Years ago I lived in Davis worked in Sac. And Coworkers would always chid me with the “Oh, you live in that ridiculous People’s Repulbic of Davis?” Yada,Yada, Yada, Yada and a lot of you experienced this too. Well, I really miss that wonderful town where I raised my kids and could let them ride into town without any fear. Go to the best schools. Actually trick or treat on the streets without parents. It is so saddening that this event happened in what I believe to be the very best small city in California and I do mourn for all of you still there. I take one look at Officer Corona in her blue dress and cry! So sorry for her family. She will be truly missed.

I know exactly what you mean, 69aggie. I worked for nearly 12 years in Davis right after I graduated. I spent most of those years living in Sac and commuting to Davis because my wife and I could afford a our first house in Sac and she worked at the Med Center so one of us was going to commute. It was and still is a wonderful town.

The shooter was suffering from a delusional mental illness from what I have read. The big question is why did he have a gun(s) and where did he get the murder weapon? If there is a true "national emergency" in America, it's the amount of gun violence and mass murders we have but the urgency of that issue mostly gets buried under the table. Sorry, probably too political for this forum but, honestly, when is something significant going to be done to help prevent more murders by guns in America?

Thank you Blue. Good point. Where did he get those guns? That should be the most important issue at this point. Also, did he ever get any mental health treatment? Davis has or used to have a lot of access to mental health treatment- like walk in treatment. Wasn’t there a homeless drop in site right across the steet from the killing? This whole thing is so bizarre and strange that some grad student should make this crime a masters project as to the whys and what’s of criminal behavior in this day.

Tragic death... About ten years ago, a close friends Mother, a recently retired teacher looking forward to a long retirement, was hit head on by an illegal immigrant driving the wrong way on the freeway with a sky high blood alcohol level.

100,000 assaults over just 2 years by illegal immigrants, 30,000 sex crimes, 4,000 murders ... 100,000 gang members in Texas ... yes, a national emergency. Just even the heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl smuggled over the southern border makes if a national emergency, not to mention child trafficking and rape by coyotes on the voyage north.

This thread is turning in a direction that will surely remain civil...

I'd prefer we keep it on the life lost in Davis.

I mean, so would I but the conversation was already about Officer Corona, mental health, and gun violence all of which were on topic to this specific situation... immigration was not to be perfectly honest.

From what has come out so far, it sounds like this guy was a nutcase ready to pop and maybe the officer was wrong place/wrong time in so much as he could have gone after any of us walking down the street. A reminder that crazy people live everywhere, even in nice places where “this sort of thing doesn’t happen,” and that some crazy people are high functioning. They’re not all muttering to themselves in a park. Thank goodness the state took away his AR15 in November; this could have been even worse. Right now, the correct thing is to mourn the loss of this young woman (and for the people who knew him, the shooter as well), but certainly the Davis community over the coming weeks and months will see localized discussion of the quagmire of whether the solution is ultimately needing more guns or fewer guns. Hopefully doesn’t get ugly. In the meantime it makes me think of some individuals I know. Indivuals who have some sort of screw loose that I can’t put my finger on, people that I wouldn’t be surprised to see on the 10:00 news but so far haven’t done anything specific worthy of reporting. Not sure what to do with those types.

Thin Blue Line



https://www.davisenterprise.com/local-news/gunman-who-shot-davis-police-officer-identified/

Natalies killer was not an illegal immigrant. He was obviously a mentally ill person who somehow got a hold of a firearm and ambushed her without any provocation. We have to find a way to keep guns out of the hands of such people and we do have laws on the books right now that should have done that. I look forward to the investigation finding out why these laws failed in this case. Movie’s assertions are dubious at best, if not downright offensive to many of us; but that debate has no place here where we mourn Natalies tragic death.

Her police career still in the future, Natalie Corona posted this photo on her Facebook wall in 2016, with the following caption: "I would like this photograph to serve as my gratitude for all those law enforcement men and women who have served, who are currently serving, and those who have died in the line of duty protecting our liberties in this great country." Facebook/Courtesy photo




https://www.davisenterprise.com/media-post/dpd-shooting-photos/attachment/blue-line/

I'm a retired mental health professional. Over the course of my career there were numerous times when I worked with individuals who were downright "scary" because of their mental health issues.

The California Tarasoff law requires psychotherapists and other mandated reporters to warn identifiable potential victims of a serious threat of harm and to notify the police of the same when the threat of violence is met under the guidelines of the Tarasoff law. I only had to do that twice in my career, but I can not tell you how many times someone "felt potentially dangerous" to me but the situation did not meet the all of the strict mandates of the Tarasoff law necessary for me to be able to break the legal confidentiality of the potential perpetrator.

Those cases were always the most stressful for me because there is a fine line between required reporting under Tarasoff and breaking the legal confidentiality of the potential perpetrator. Thank god I never woke up and opened the paper with a headline about a client of mine having committed some heinous crime but there were times I worried that that was a real possibility.

Perhaps I am jaded because of my professional experiences but there are a lot of people out there that live on the edge of potential violence. The fuse is already lit and has been simmering for a long time. It's just matter of if and when they might explode. If that happens and, especially if they have access to assault weapons, it can be potentially horrendous. There are red flags but, unfortunately, no sure way of predicting such violence.

http://jaapl.org/content/34/3/338

I watched an interesting crime drama called Side Effects that touched on crimes related to certain mood altering prescription drugs (fictitious drug called Ablixa) I was scared for both, the psychiatrist AND the patient until the plot unfolded...

I wouldn't want to be a doctor or mental health professional, so much legal grey area.

Officer Corona's death is so tragic. You'd think Davis would be a great beat to work when you're starting out. However, walking the front line will always present some of the toughest situations and circumstances. Brave lady and so young. My heart breaks for her family, and wish DPD a safe and effective 2019.

The discussion should be a lot wider than guns. We need more facts. A dramatic increase in young people, and citizens in general, on powerful prescribed psychotropic (?) drugs, often mixed with other legal and illegal drugs. I believe Daniel Marsh (Davis convicted grisly double homicide), Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin all had marijuana in their systems when they made disastrous choices.

A friend who was a mental health professional said men (typically) in jail scored very low in empathy, high for anger, most didn't have in-home Fathers and many illiterate. I believe this criminal had a felony assault that was plead down (knocking out a casino coworker). Should it have been handled differently?

Was Officer Corona wearing a bullet proof vest?

My previous reply was in reference to the swipe at "national emergency", the topic of the day.

The legal gray area you mentioned was agonizing for me and many of my colleagues. I've sat behind a closed door with some very scary people and it is unsettling to say the least and I worked a lot with people who have been the victims of violence. When I was first starting out it was hard for me not to take "work" home with me but, much like police officers, after a while you become less "shocked" by what you see and experience and focus on doing the best job you can to be of help given the circumstances.

Limbaugh should not have been able to legally purchase in California the guns that he had at the time of this crime. He was convicted of a misdemeanor last year. Penal Code Section 12021(c)(1) prohibits a person convicted of a misdemeaner from owning a gun for 10 years. Any background check would have picked this up. I’m sure the investigation will shed light on where (legally or illegally) he got his guns. So yes, this issue of gun control will always be a part of this tragedy.

This will be a huge event. Is there any thought of moving this to the Pavilion? I have people coming from the Bay and elsewhere to attend this memorial with me. ARC may be too small for this event.

I just hope Officer Corona's funeral isn't a huge media circus.

i fear that, with the backlash from the ASUCD Ethnic committee's statement, that it will be more than an event to honor her memory.

SacBee

Wow.

I would think that Chancellor May will take these folks to the woodshed to prevent any demonstration on Friday.
Also, the event has been moved to the Pavilion for an estimated crowd of 6000 and which could very well be a lot bigger. Too big for the ARC. Good move by the admin.

I read an Enterprise article where Dr. May was diplomatic and wise in saying this was the wrong time to air such grievances (my words).

Dr. May is a very impressive Chancellor. We're lucky to have him.

Announcement in the Davis Enterprise says the service will be held at the ARC that holds "4,000 ?

ARC doesn't make sense... where would 4,000 people sit? There is the Ballroom, but I don't think if would hold 4,000.

The Pavilion / Rec Hall would hold 5,000 - 7,000.

Confusing.

the university website says 6000 expected, which would be the pavilion I think. TAPS is suspending all parking fees and offering complimentary valet parking for students and staff at Mondavi because the lots near the pavilion will be reserved for the event.