Tulare County Sheriff's deputy shot and killed in Porterville identified

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux confirms Randy Hoppert is the lawman who was changeable and killed successful Porterville connected Thursday morning.

Hoppert served successful the U.S. Navy from 2010 to 2015 and joined the Tulare County Sheriff's Office connected January 5, 2020. He leaves down a woman who is 4 months pregnant.

His gramps antecedently served arsenic a Tulare County undersheriff.

"We did a last salute successful grant of him and allowed the woman and Mom to accidental their past respect successful that infinitesimal it's a precise affectional time," said Sheriff Mike Boudreaux. "They're having occupation adjacent lasting connected their ain 2 feet. brings tears to adjacent the astir callous of america all."

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Hoppert was serving an eviction announcement astatine a location connected Brian Avenue adjacent North Salisbury Street astir 10:40 a.m. erstwhile shots were fired.

Hoppert was struck, and aft a tactical rescue was taken to Sierra View Medical Center successful Porterville, wherever helium aboriginal died.

"We person a four-month-old babe that volition ne'er cognize his oregon her father," Boudreaux said. "This is senseless. I'm angered implicit the full thing."

A procession for Hoppert was held from Sierra View Medical Center and ended astatine the Tulare Coroner's Office.

Hoppert was besides a U.S. subject veteran. He served arsenic a Navy Corpsman from 2010 to 2015.

In 2013, Action News spoke with Hoppert erstwhile his sanction was added to a Brave Project Banner successful Visalia, recognizing section work members.

"Just gives a consciousness of pride, conscionable cognize that radical announcement america erstwhile we're backmost home," Hoppert said astatine the time.

Sheriff Boudreaux has the pursuing connection to his hurting community.

"Tomorrow we statesman healing, we get to grieve, we're gonna grieve and grieving," helium said. "It's a process, but we volition heal. We're gonna beryllium OK. We're gonna get done it astatine the extremity of it the different time portion honoring him."

Flags successful Tulare County are being flown astatine half-staff and volition not beryllium flown afloat until Deputy Hoppert is laid to rest.

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