TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) — Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux confirms Randy Hoppert is the deputy who was shot and killed in Porterville on Thursday morning.
Hoppert served in the U.S. Navy from 2010 to 2015 and joined the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office on January 5, 2020. He leaves behind a wife who is four months pregnant.
His grandfather previously served as a Tulare County undersheriff.
Hoppert was serving an eviction notice at a home on Brian Avenue near North Salisbury Street around 10:40 a.m. when shots were fired.
Hoppert was struck, and after a tactical rescue was taken to Sierra View Medical Center in Porterville, where he later died.
A procession for Hoppert was held from Sierra View Medical Center and ended at the Tulare Coroner’s Office.
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