Local Sheriffs Deputies Lost to Evil

On Friday, Deputy Michael David Davis, Jr. of the Placer County Sheriffs Department and Deputy Danny Oliver of the Sacramento Sheriffs Department were both shot and killed by two suspects. Both officers were responding to calls about the suspects when they were shot and killed by the male suspect, who gave his name as Marquez. He had a female companion and she is also in custody. Marquez is an illegal alien who has been deported by the United States twice!!!!!! The name he gave officers "Marquez" isn't even his real name. His fingerprints came up in the Immigration and Custom's Service data base with a completely different name and history. He has a lot of crime in his past and on Friday when someone at the Motel 6 in Sacramento called to report a suspicious vehicle in their parking lot. Deputy Oliver and his partner were sent to the scene, where Marquez fired at Officer Oliver and his partner. Oliver was struck in the face with the blow of a shotgun and later died.

After this, the suspect and his companion, a woman, went on a car jacking spree. First a Mustang, and after dumping that car, they tried to car jack another man who refused to give them his keys. Marquez shot him in the face, but after surgeries yesterday, he is expected to make a full recovery as is one other Deputy who was wounded. Next Marquez and his companion found a man with a red F-150 and asked the driver for a favor. He was also Mexican in descent, so he asked Marquez "What do you need? Do you need money?" Marquez said he needed the truck and even helped the man unhitch the trailer from the truck so that the owner of the truck could continue to work as he told the suspect. Marquez told him "Don't call the cops right away." The man of course, immediately called police. The F-150 was then spotted by Deputy Michael Davis, Jr. and his partner, Deputy Jeff Davis, no relation. 42 year old Deputy Davis was shot and killed by the suspect when they caught up to him in Auburn.  

It's always sad to lose a member of the law enforcement community, but this loss is particularly sad because twenty six years ago to the day, Deputy Michael Davis's father, Riverside County Sheriff's Deputy Michael Davis Sr., went down in a helicopter crash while working with a drug enforcement task force. The accident occurred when the helicopter struck a power line and went down. All aboard were killed including Deputy Davis's father. He was just 16 years old. While I'm sure his wife, kids, siblings and his mother never expected this to happen, I'm sure Davis and members of his family were thinking of his dad on Friday. How bizarre is it that he and his dad died on the exact same day of the year 26 years apart? Also, how cruel that he would have been 43 this week? This must be horrific for both families. Deputy Danny Oliver of the Sacramento Sheriffs Department leaves a wife and two children and Deputy Davis leaves a wife and four children.  

Please pray for these Officer's families at this time and please say a prayer for all law enforcement and for all of our military members. Since ISIS pushed it's intifada against law enforcement and our military, more and more incidences of attacks by lone wolf terrorists are occurring as we just saw last week, so please lift them up in your prayers. 

It is said of Davis that he had a "golden heart." The shrines in Sacramento and Placer County are growing out of respect and true grief. Many people who knew Davis and Oliver say they were both wonderful father's, husbands and Deputy's. It is truly sad to hear of this incident and I have been praying for their families since this occurred on Friday. I cannot imagine their heartbreak. I cannot even think about the kind of pain they must be feeling.

There will be no peace on earth until Jesus comes to rule and reign for 1,000 years. I pray that these two Deputies are livin' it up with Jesus right now. The lone processionals of both Deputy's hearses's on the freeway's here yesterday were very somber. Roseville Fire Department gave a lovely tribute to Deputy Davis by way of a ladder truck on an overpass with a huge American flag hanging down as the processional passed.

It was a tribute fitting for two such brave souls who tried to keep us safe during their 15 year careers. God bless them, their families, their friends and fellow Deputies, and all of law enforcement. Next time you see a cop car, please pray for the men/women inside? And the next time you meet a member of law enforcement or our military, please thank them for their service and pray for them, that God would put a special hedge of protection around all of them and keep them safe. They need our prayers now more than ever. 

May God Bless these Deputies and their families with a peace that surpasses all understanding. May justice be served against this perpetrator and his companion to the fullest extent of the law. May God forgive them for what they have done and may He hold both families close to Himself at this time.