The Sheriff's Department received a 911 call, but the caller hung up. Dispatchers call the person back and spoke to a woman who said her son had been at her house threatening to kill her, and she believed he had a gun. The son left the house, but while the woman was on the phone with the Sheriff's Department, he returned, threatened her and repeated that he had a gun. A sheriff's deputy and an officer from the Fulton-El Camino Recreation and Parks District arrived, and as they came down Fair Oaks Boulevard, the suspect came out into the street in front of the officers and leveled a handgun at them. The officers shot and killed him.
Victim's Name: Nolan Cornett
Agency Responsible: Sacramento County Sheriff's Department, Fulton-El Camino Recreation and Parks District
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Race: White
Date of Death: July 19, 2017
County: Sacramento
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Official Disposition: Pending investigation/No Known Charges
Criminal Charges: No known charges
Mental Illness: No
Armed: Allegedly Armed
Weapon: gun
Threat Level: attack
Fleeing: Not fleeing
Body Camera: No
Washington Post Database ID: 2789
Geography: Suburban