{"id":79363,"date":"2025-12-03T05:55:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T05:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/79363\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T05:55:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T05:55:07","slug":"former-california-deputy-marvin-morales-suspected-of-killing-his-11-year-old-son-is-fatally-shot-during-police-pursuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/79363\/","title":{"rendered":"Former California deputy Marvin Morales suspected of killing his 11-year-old son is fatally shot during police pursuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A former California sheriff\u2019s deputy suspected of fatally stabbing his 11-year-old son was shot and killed by law enforcement officers on Tuesday after he led them on a car chase along Interstate 5, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Police in Elk Grove, near Sacramento, responded around 8 a.m. to a call from a mother who said she was concerned about the safety of her two children after seeing home security footage of their father assaulting their 11-year-old son, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Responding officers found the boy with stab wounds, police said. He later died at a hospital. His 6-year-old sister was unharmed.<\/p>\n<p>Marvin Morales was killed during a police shootout in California on Dec. 2, 2025. KCRA3\/YouTube<\/p>\n<p>Their father had fled the scene and was spotted driving south on I-5, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>A pursuit ended in a crash near Lodi when the California Highway Patrol deployed a spike strip. After the crash, the suspect was shot by officers, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>He died at a hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The Elk Grove Police Department confirmed to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/sacramento-deputy-shooting-interstate-5-thornton-road\/69609754\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">KCRA-TV<\/a>\u00a0that the deceased suspect is 40-year-old Marvin Morales, a former Sacramento County sheriff\u2019s deputy.<\/p>\n<p>He had been fired from the agency in February 2024 after being caught using illicit drugs, sheriff\u2019s Sgt. Amar Gandhi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TSZrtEWo2IY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">told reporters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>At least two deputies were involved in Tuesday\u2019s shooting, Gandhi said.<\/p>\n<p>Elk Grove police said one of their officers was also involved.<\/p>\n<p>No deputies or officers were hurt.<\/p>\n<p>Police respond to the scene of the shootout on Interstate 5. ABC 10\/YouTube<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement officials investigate the fatal stabbing in Elk Grove. ABC 10\/YouTube<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t immediately known if Morales fired at law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said a gun safe at the suspect\u2019s home was found empty.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting is under investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A former California sheriff\u2019s deputy suspected of fatally stabbing his 11-year-old son was shot and killed by law&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79364,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,236,5548,3796,3586],"class_list":{"0":"post-79363","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-california","8":"tag-california","9":"tag-california-headlines","10":"tag-california-news","11":"tag-police","12":"tag-police-shootings","13":"tag-stabbings","14":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}