Tacoma police identify officer killed in the line of duty as Reginald 'Jake' Gutierrez
TACOMA -- Tacoma police identified the officer killed in the line of duty Wednesday night as Reginald "Jake" Gutierrez. He was 45 years old.
Gutierrez was responding to a domestic violence call when he was shot multiple times by a man who ended up in a 12-hour standoff with police.
In a news conference Thursday afternoon, Tacoma's police chief called Gutierrez a model police officer. He'd been on patrol in Tacoma since 1999.
Tacoma officer killed identified called ‘model’ officer
Tacoma officer killed identified called 'model' officer
There is an outpouring of support at police headquarters where there is a growing memorial that has brought officers to tears.
One officer told Q13 News that several people offered to buy her coffee this morning while at a coffee shop.