SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- A Santa Cruz County sheriff's deputy wounded in an "ambush" shooting that killed a sergeant in Ben Lomond earlier this month has been released from the hospital to recover from his injuries at home, the sheriff's office said Sunday.
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The sheriff's office on Sunday evening posted a video of Deputy Alex Spencer leaving the hospital to applause from his fellow first responders and other supporters.
The June 6 shooting at a home at Waldeberg Road killed 38-year-old sheriff's Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller and injured Spencer. Steven Carrillo of Ben Lomond was arrested on suspicion of the killing, according to the sheriff's office.
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Later that day, Sheriff Jim Hart described the shooting of the deputies as an "ambush" after they had responded to a van filled with firearms and "bomb-making supplies" parked alongside Jamison Creek Road near Boulder Creek. The deputies found the van and followed it back to the Waldeberg Road residence.
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There, Gutzwiller was shot and killed and Spencer was shot, hit with shrapnel and struck by the suspect's vehicle, sheriff's officials said.
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The suspect, later identified as Carrillo, also allegedly shot a California Highway Patrol officer in the hand and tried to carjack a vehicle, then successfully carjacked a second one, but was eventually arrested on Alba Road just off state Highway 9 and was shot during his arrest, Hart said.