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In 2018, a Ukrainian policeman was killed in California: why the culprit has not yet been punished

In 2018, a Ukrainian-born policeman was killed in Sacramento County, California. Several years later, the murderer is still not punished. What happened on that fateful day, and why the guilty person has not yet been sentenced? This information originally appeared on the site Vineyard.

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At a press conference after the incident, Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones detailed how a deadly shootout unfolded between the two officers and the suspect. KCRA.

What happened

Officers Mark Stasyuk and Julie Robertson were summoned to the Pep Boys car store near Folsom Boulevard and McGregor Street at 13:44 pm on September 17, 2018. Shortly after the officers arrived, 38-year-old Anton Lemon Paris opened fire in the store. Jones said that Paris first shot in the back of the store employee, and then aimed at Stasyuk.

“He pointed the gun directly at the employee and shot him in the back. He fell,” Jones said, adding that the shooter noticed Stasyuk, who appeared at the door of the store, and aimed his weapon at him.

Stasiuk, seeing what happened, realized that he needed to take cover immediately, so he left the building. At that moment he was shot in the back. The officer continued toward the parking lot to try to find cover from where he could return fire. When the suspect left the building, he did not take advantage of the opportunity to escape, but followed Stasiuk into the parking lot, continuing to shoot him in the back. Ultimately, he killed him with a shot to the back of the head,” the sheriff described what happened.

The suspect then tried to escape through the store building, engaging in a shootout with Robertson. She managed to call for help over the radio.

Robertson managed to injure Paris, and he escaped from the store. The police detained the suspect at a nearby parking lot.

What is known about Stasyuk

Stasiuk worked for the sheriff's office for four and a half years. The officer got married in March 2018, shortly before the murder. In 2016, he starred in a video about the successes of Sacramento State University students, writes WUSA9.

Family support

They were newlyweds who were just starting to build a life and a home together when their dreams collapsed. CBS Local about Stasyuk and his wife.

“Anxiety, resentment, pain and anger grew and accumulated, and today it is still unbearable,” lamented the wife of the murdered man, Amy Stasiuk.

She expressed her gratitude to the law enforcement community and complete strangers who supported her during this difficult period.

“Just trying to survive, day by day, hour by hour, moment by moment, waking up every morning and getting out of bed,” said the wife of the slain police officer.

“I would like to feel it, touch it. I would give anything to do it again,” Amy said.

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At the time of the murder, Mark and Amy were newlyweds who had been married for only six months. They have moved into their new home with big plans for a makeover. But as soon as Mark tidied up the backyard and was ready to create for his wife a garden and greenhouse of her dreams, he was killed. Mark's project remained unfinished until help came from his colleagues.

“We removed all the old concrete around the house, as well as the fence and trees,” explained Kevin Mickelson, president Sacramento County Deputy Sheriffs Association.

The association made an effort and, with the help of nine contractors, continued to work from where their colleague was staying.

“Mark wasn't here to do it and Amy couldn't handle it. So I made a couple of phone calls, and within a few weeks, a lot of people came to help,” Mickelson explained.

In two months, teams of volunteers turned the trash, concrete and mud in the yard into what is now Amy's place of healing and therapy.

She says that she would like to share the care of the garden with Mark, but is grateful for the love and support of his colleagues. Amy believes the garden will remain a reminder of her husband.

"He'll be proud of his brothers from there for finishing his project, for helping me to finish it for him," she said.

The killer still hasn't been punished

38-year-old Anton Lemon Paris was charged with four charges of a serious crime, attempted murder, illegal possession of firearms, and murder, writes Fox News.

California prosecutors are demanding the death penalty for the accused, but State Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a moratorium on the death penalty. This, as well as the quarantine due to the coronavirus, greatly inhibits the consideration of the case.

When Newsom signed the moratorium in March, he referred to "inequality" in the way punishment was applied and said that "a more informed choice" would be better for the state's criminal justice system.

“If someone kills, we don’t kill,” Newsom said. “We are above this.”

However, some relatives of the victims of the murders and several district attorneys condemned the governor's position.

“Governor Newsom took a knife and stabbed each of the victims and their families in the heart,” Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said.

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