Investigators from the Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff and the D.A.’s Office are investigating an officer involved shooting that occurred this morning per the county-wide officer involved protocol.
On Thursday at about 10:06 PM, Deputy Sheriffs went to a home on the 2700 block of Hoffman Lane in Byron to serve an arrest warrant. The $1.15 million dollar arrest warrant was for a 49-year-old man for 12 counts of child molestation. The investigating agency was the Office of the Sheriff.
UPDATE: Suspect is identified as 49-year-old Michael Mallett of Byron.
Deputies made contact with the suspect, who walked out of the residence with a firearm. He refused to comply with the Deputies and went back into the home and barricaded himself. Deputies were able to evacuate other occupants in the home. Negotiators arrived on scene and began to communicate with him. Negotiations were sporadic but the suspect continually talked about not surrendering, not putting his gun down and harming himself.
The Sheriff’s Office SWAT team was called out at this morning at 3 AM as negotiations continued. Numerous announcements were made into the house for the man to surrender.
At about 9:30 AM, chemical agents were deployed into the home. The suspect came out of a window armed with a handgun. He did not comply with commands to drop the weapon. He was shot when he raised the gun at Deputies. Deputies administered life-saving measures. He was pronounced deceased at the scene by the fire department. The officer involved fatal incident protocol was invoked.
The suspect is not being identified at this time.
The Office of the Sheriff Investigation Division would like to hear from anyone with any information this incident. Detectives can be reached at (925) 313-2600. For any tips, please email: [email protected] or call (866) 846-3592 to leave an anonymous voice message.
Press Release via Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff
2 comments
Good Glad to hear it’s over with anyone knows a child molester should be killed no matter what man r women
He was not a child molester, he had been accused by a troubled foster child that he was attempting to raise. I knew the man and child personally, he was a decorated fire fighter/investigator with many ties to the community but some how nobody seems to mention that. The girl is highly troubled and it cost this amazing man his life. He was facing multiple years in a federal prison for something I know he did not do, so he chose his path. Until Valhalla my brother Iam so sorry this happened to you.
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