Woman killed by gunman during manhunt was former Placer County DA’s Office employee
PLACER COUNTY, Calif. —
The woman who was shot and killed by a man during a manhunt previously worked in the Placer County District Attorney’s Office, according to officials.
The DA’s office said Cheryl Macy worked in the office from 2006 to 2020. Officials did not confirm what her position with the office was.
“She was a valued colleague, a friend, and a cherished member of our DA family,” the DA’s office said in a statement. “The loss of Cheryl is devastating to our office and to the entire community. Our hearts are with her family, and everyone who knew and loved her. We ask that their privacy be respected.”
Placer County deputies fatally shot Derek Spencer after an hours-long manhunt in the small community of Iowa Hill.
Spencer, 44, had been arrested three times in Sacramento County in the weeks leading up to the manhunt that lasted for hours before he died.
The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said Spencer had been booked three times in September:
Once by the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office for felony vandalism, assault with a deadly weapon on a Sacramento sheriff’s deputy and resisting arrest (Sept. 3)Once by the Folsom Police Department for burglary (Sept. 14)Once by the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office for stealing a vehicle (Sept. 16)
Spencer was released on bond for the sheriff’s office arrests on Sept. 11 and Sept. 17. Folsom police arrested him for burglary, and a judge granted him pre-arraignment release on his own recognizance following his arrest in Folsom.
Macy’s family told KCRA 3 that she died a day after her birthday.
KCRA 3 also spoke with a man, a neighbor of Macy’s, who lived in Iowa Hill for three decades. He said a lot of people in the area are upset that Spencer was released from jail three times before he killed Macy.
“She didn’t need to die like that. There’s no reason for it, you know?” he said.
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