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Local residents, firemen and law enforcement from nearby counties attended the candlelight vigil for slain Galt police Officer Kevin Tonn, 35, at Galt Community Park on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 in Galt, Calif. -
Tyler McIntyre, 16, embraces her friend Madison Miranda, 16, near the picture of slain Galt police Officer Kevin Tonn, 35, at the Galt Community Park on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 before a candlelight vigil in Galt, Calif. The two girls, good friends of Tonn, planned tonights vigil. -
A candlelight vigil for slain Galt police Officer Kevin Tonn, 35, was held at the Galt Community Park on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 in Galt, Calif. Tonn was shot Tuesday morning while responding to a burglary call. -
Selma police officer Danny Barcellos and is dog Zeus stand at attention during Wednesday nights candelight vigil for slain Galt police officer, Kevin Tonn, 35, at the Galt Community Park on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 in Galt, Calif. Tonn was shot Tuesday morning while responding to a burglary call. -
Galt Police dispatcher Mary Frances cries while embracing her son Mason Tassano, 7, during a candlelight vigil for slain Galt police officer, Kevin Tonn, 35, at the Galt Community Park, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 in Galt, Calif. Tonn was shot Tuesday morning while responding to a burglary call. -
Local residence, firemen and law enforcement from near by counties attended the candlelight vigil for slain Galt police officer, Kevin Tonn, 35, at the Galt Community Park on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 in Galt, Calif. Tonn was shot Tuesday morning while responding to a burglary call. -
An estimated 150 local residents, firemen and law enforcement from near by counties attended the candlelight vigil for slain Galt police Officer Kevin Tonn, 35, at Galt Community Park on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 in Galt, Calif. -
Miranda Teauna leans on her daughter Madison Miranda,16, during the candlelight vigil for slain Galt police Officer Kevin Tonn, 35, at Galt Community Park, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 in Galt, Calif. -
Robin Gist, girlfriend of slain Galt police Officer Kevin Tonn, embraces T. Miranda during the candlelight vigil at Galt Community Park, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 in Galt, Calif. -
Local residents, firemen and law enforcement from nearby counties attended the candlelight vigil for slain Galt police Officer Kevin Tonn, 35, at Galt Community Park on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 in Galt, Calif. -
Will and Mary Ann Tonn, parents of Kevin Tonn, listen to Galt Police Lt. Jim Uptegrove during a press conference at Centerpoint Community Church in Roseville, Calif., where family members gathered in honor of Kevin Tonn, 35, a Galt, Calif. police officer who was shot and killed Tuesday while responding to a burglary call. The suspect who allegedly shot and killed Tonn, and then killed himself on Tuesday, was not the burglary suspect the officer had been seeking, the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department confirmed today. Wednesday, January 16, 2013. -
Wearing black bands over their badges in sympathy for fellow Officer Kevin Tonn, 35, who died in the line of duty Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013 in Galt, Calif., Galt police Lt. Jim Uptegrove, center, leaves the podium with fellow officers. Tonn was shot this morning while responding to a burglary and transported to Kaiser Hospital where he died. "He was a very well respected, very proactive member of our department," said Galt police Lt. Jim Uptegrove. "His loss is extremely tragic to us and to our community." After firing one round at Tonn and several rounds at a responding officer, the gunmen turned the gun on himself, inflicting a fatal wound. -
Officer Kevin Tonn and Yaro, of the Galt, Calif., police department began working together in July, 2011. Tonn, 35, was responding to a burglary when he was shot. He was transported to Kaiser Hospital where he died on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. -
Two unidentified women are in the driveway where the police call began on the 200 Block of F Street in Galt, Calif., where Officer Kevin Tonn, 35, was responding to a burglary when he was shot. He was transported to Kaiser Hospital where he died on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. After firing one round at Tonn and several rounds at a respondng officer, the gunmen turned the gun on himself, inflicting a fatal wound. -
With doors flung open and lights still flashing, Officer Kevin Tonn's K9 vehicle, left, and the responding officer's car await investigators at the scene where Officer Kevin Tonn, 35, was shot Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013 in Galt, Calif., while responding to a burglary. He was transported to Kaiser Hospital where he died. After firing one round at Tonn and several rounds at a respondng officer, the gunmen turned the gun on himself, inflicting a fatal wound. -
Sacramento County Sheriff's Sgt. Jason Ramos reports that Officer Kevin Tonn, 35, died in the line of duty Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013 in Galt, Calif. Tonn, a three-and-a-half year veteran with the department, was shot this morning while responding to a burglary and transported to Kaiser Hospital where he died. Tonn is the first officer to die in the line of duty in the city of Galt. -
Galt police officer Kevin Tonn
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