Detective Vu Nguyen
Sacramento County Sheriff's Department


Date of Birth: December 9, 1970
Date Appointed:
End of Watch: December 19, 2007

 

At approximately 2:00 p.m. Sacramento Sheriff’s Detective Vu Nguyen and his partner were on a routine visit to a known gang house in South Sacramento near 41st Avenue and 37th Street. An unknown male standing in front of the house took off on foot as the Detectives approached. Nguyen and his partner gave chase. Nguyen followed the suspect over a fence into a backyard. Nguyen’s partner then heard gunshots and found Det. Nguyen down with a gunshot wound to the neck.

Detective Nguyen was life-flighted to UCD Med Center where he underwent surgery, but tragically succumbed to his injuries.

At this time a massive manhunt is underway for the suspect described as an Asian mail, 5’4", 130-140 lbs, 20-30 years old.

Detective Nguyen was a 10-year veteran and had been with the gang unit for the past three years. At this point, immediate survivors are unknown. Further details, including funeral information will be forwarded as available.


 

Authorities expect 2,000 to 3,000 people to attend Thursday's funeral of

Sacramento County Sheriff's Detective Vu Nguyen.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Cathedral of the Blessed

Sacrament, 1017 11th St.

Members of the public can view the service through a live video feed at the

Sacramento Convention Center at 1400 J St., sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Tim

Curran said.

A large funeral procession will travel through town - south on 12th Street

to L Street, then west on L to Ninth Street. The procession continues south

on Ninth Street, east on N Street to Folsom Boulevard and along Folsom to

43rd Street, the entrance of East Lawn Memorial Park.

There, family members will attend a private burial.

Officials said the procession may last two hours and is expected to cause

daylong traffic delays.

City police ask for the public's cooperation, with motorists going westbound

through the city to take I Street, and those going eastbound to use P

Street.

Parking is prohibited around the cathedral, the Capitol and the Convention

Center. J Street will be closed from 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., and N Street and

Folsom Boulevard will have delays from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Nguyen, a seven-year veteran of the department, was shot Wednesday afternoon

while on duty in south Sacramento. Jimmy Siackasorn, 16, has been charged

with murder and will be tried as an adult.

Sheriff's officials have set up a trust fund for the family of Detective

Nguyen, who was married earlier this year.

Donations can be sent to Stockmans Bank, 9340 Stockton Blvd., Elk Grove CA

95624, for account No. 103048864.


 

 

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