--- description: Two San Diego police officers were shot during a traffic stop late Thursday night, killing one and sending the other to surgery. title: San Diego Police Shooting Leaves One Dead image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70c8535455b74769/6988a05d0b72e34b166ea774/san-diego-shooting.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # San Diego Police Officer Dead in Traffic Stop Shooting  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 29, 2016 11:25 AM CUT  Police investigators arrive near the scene where an officer was fatally shot and another was injured at a traffic stop late in San Diego on July 29, 2016. Police investigators arrive near the scene where an officer was fatally shot and another was injured at a traffic stop late in San Diego on July 29, 2016.Mike Blake—Reuters  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 29, 2016 11:25 AM CUT Two San Diego police officers were shot during a traffic stop late Thursday night, killing one and sending the other to surgery. [NBC reports](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/san-diego-police-shooting-one-officer-killed-one-surgery-n619571 "undefined") that one suspect is in custody but authorities are continuing a search for other possible suspects. [According to NBC7 San Diego](http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Two-Officers-Shot-in-Southcrest-Acacia-Grove-388626512.html "undefined"), both officers were members of SDPD’s Elite Gang Unit, and the one who was killed had a wife and children. In a Friday morning press conference, San Diego Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman said she was hopeful about the condition of the injured officer. Later in the morning, the police department tweeted that the officer has come out of surgery and is expected to survive. > [](https://twitter.com/SanDiegoPD/status/758979856436568064) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4430324/san-diego-police-shooting-dead/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4430324/san-diego-police-shooting-dead/"},"headline":"San Diego Police Officer Dead in Traffic Stop Shooting","datePublished":"2016-07-29T11:25:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:39:08.348Z","description":"Two San Diego police officers were shot during a traffic stop late Thursday night, killing one and sending the other to surgery.","url":"https://time.com/4430324/san-diego-police-shooting-dead/","keywords":["California","Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70c8535455b74769/6988a05d0b72e34b166ea774/san-diego-shooting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70c8535455b74769/6988a05d0b72e34b166ea774/san-diego-shooting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Police investigators arrive near the scene where an officer was fatally shot and another was injured at a traffic stop late on Thursday, in San Diego","caption":"Police investigators arrive near the scene where an officer was fatally shot and another was injured at a traffic stop late in San Diego on July 29, 2016.","creditText":"Mike Blake—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4430324/san-diego-police-shooting-dead/","name":"San Diego Police Officer Dead in Traffic Stop Shooting"}}]}] ```