Deputy Sheriff Phillip Campas

Deputy Sheriff Phillip Campas

Department: Kern County Sheriff's Office, California
Cause of Death: Gunfire
End of Watch: 2021-07-25

Deputy Sheriff Phillip Campas was shot and killed during a barricade at a home near the intersection of 1st Street and Poplar Avenue in Wasco.

Deputies had initially responded to the home for reports of a shooting at about 1:00 pm. A subject inside fired at the deputies and then barricaded himself in the home, prompting the agency's SWAT team to be deployed. At about 3:00 pm the subject opened fire on members of the SWAT team as they approached the home. Deputy Campas and another deputy were struck by the gunfire. They were both transported to a local hospital where Deputy Campas succumbed to his wounds.

The subject was shot and wounded when he exchanged more shots with the SWAT team at about 6:30 pm.


Source Link: https://www.odmp.org/officer/25375-deputy-sheriff-phillip-campas
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