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Parole Agent Joshua Byrd was shot and killed in an Oakland parole office, marking the first line-of-duty death for CDCR since 2018. A suspect has been detained, and flags are flown at half-staff in his honor. Byrd, 40, served since 2014 and leaves a wife and three children.
Maryland Governor Wes Moore has ordered flags to fly at half-staff in honor of Davis Martinez, a parole agent who was killed while conducting a resident check on Emanuel Edward Sewell, a registered sex offender. Sewell, who has been charged with second-degree murder, was apprehended in West Virginia and will be extradited back to Montgomery County. The incident underscores the dangers faced by law enforcement officers daily.