30-year-old deputy shot dead, leaves behind pregnant wife

A 30-year-old sheriff's deputy in California has been shot and killed in the line of duty, just weeks after another deputy in his department was killed.

A sheriff's deputy in Riverside County, California, has been gunned down in the line of duty, leaving behind his pregnant wife, just weeks after another deputy in his department was killed.

Deputy Darnell Calhoun, 30, was shot Friday afternoon while responding to a domestic violence and child custody call in Lake Elsinore, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said at a news conference.

"Dispatch received a call of an unknown trouble -- there was voices heard in the background. Sounded like there could possibly be a struggle and deputies responded to the scene," the sheriff said. "Deputy Calhoun was the first to arrive. At this point, we are not completely sure of the circumstances surrounding the initial contact. The second deputy arriving found our deputy wounded in the street, and a gunfight between the suspect and that deputy ensued."

PHOTO: A commando post is set up in the Lakeland Village School parking lot at Grand Ave. and Gregory Place after a Riverside County Deputy was shot in Lake Elsinore, Calif., on Jan. 13, 2023.
A commando post is set up in the Lakeland Village School parking lot at Grand Ave. and Gregory Place after a Riverside County Deputy was shot in Lake Elsinore, Calif., on Jan. 13, 2023.
Terry Pierson/The Orange County Register via AP

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The suspect was shot and has been hospitalized in critical condition, Bianco said.

Calhoun joined the Riverside County Sheriff's Department in February 2022 after two years with the San Diego Police Department.

"He's a husband, a son. He would've been a dad," Bianco said.

PHOTO: Deputy Darnell Calhoun of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department was shot and killed in the line of duty on Jan. 13, 2023.
Deputy Darnell Calhoun of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department was shot and killed in the line of duty on Jan. 13, 2023.
Riverside County Sheriff

Just two weeks ago, on Dec. 29, another Riverside County sheriff's deputy, Isaiah Cordero, was shot and killed at a traffic stop, according to the department.

He was 32.

Before Cordero was killed, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department hadn't had a deputy murdered in the line of duty since 2003, the sheriff said.

"Nationwide, we're confronting these situations with armed individuals, that, over what seemingly seem to be minor disagreements, are willing to engage law enforcement in life and death gun battles," the sheriff said.

As the department mourns, the sheriff said, "We will get through it. We will hold our heads high. And we will come right back to work to answer another call for service that could put our lives in jeopardy again."

PHOTO: In this undated photo provided by the Riverside County Sheriff, Deputy Darnell Calhoun, right, poses with Riverside County Sheriff Chad Biano, left, in Riverside, Calif.
In this undated photo provided by the Riverside County Sheriff, Deputy Darnell Calhoun, right, poses with Riverside County Sheriff Chad Biano, left, in Riverside, Calif.
Riverside County Sheriff via AP

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