--- description: A San Diego man accused of fatally shooting a police officer and injuring another has been charged with murder and attempted murder. title: Man Charged With Murder of San Diego Police Officer image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c4abd59e8e31c51/6988a0e7fb4eac5aca88e998/san-diego-police.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 # Man Charged With Murder of San Diego Police Officer  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 3, 2016 12:34 AM CUT  San Diego Police SWAT officers walk down the street after entering a house with a possible suspect inside, on July 29, 2016, in San Diego. San Diego Police SWAT officers walk down the street after entering a house with a possible suspect inside, on July 29, 2016, in San Diego.Denis Poroy—AP  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 3, 2016 12:34 AM CUT A San Diego man accused of [fatally shooting a police officer](http://time.com/4430324/san-diego-police-shooting-dead/ "undefined") and injuring another last week has been charged with murder and attempted murder. Jesse Gomez pleaded not guilty Tuesday as authorities revealed he had opened fire on the pair of San Diego cops last Thursday immediately after he was asked if he lived in the area, the [Associated Press](http://staging.hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US%5FSAN%5FDIEGO%5FOFFICERS%5FSHOT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-08-02-19-25-53 "undefined") reports. Officer Jonathan DeGuzman, 43, was shot four times as he sat inside his police car and later died, police said. His 32-year-old partner, Officer Wade Irwin, was shot and survived. \[[_AP_](http://staging.hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US%5FSAN%5FDIEGO%5FOFFICERS%5FSHOT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-08-02-19-25-53 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4436168/san-diego-police-shooting-man-charged/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4436168/san-diego-police-shooting-man-charged/"},"headline":"Man Charged With Murder of San Diego Police Officer","datePublished":"2016-08-03T00:34:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:58:59.426Z","description":"The suspect has pleaded not guilty","url":"https://time.com/4436168/san-diego-police-shooting-man-charged/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c4abd59e8e31c51/6988a0e7fb4eac5aca88e998/san-diego-police.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c4abd59e8e31c51/6988a0e7fb4eac5aca88e998/san-diego-police.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"San Diego Officers Shot","caption":"San Diego Police SWAT officers walk down the street after entering a house with a possible suspect inside, on July 29, 2016, in San Diego.","creditText":"Denis Poroy—AP","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/4436168/san-diego-police-shooting-man-charged/","name":"Man Charged With Murder of San Diego Police Officer"}}]}] ```