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May 10 marks one year anniversary of death of Central Coast police officer

May 10th is the one-year anniversary of the death of San Luis Obispo Police Detective Luca Benedetti.
San Luis Obispo Police Department
May 10th is the one-year anniversary of the death of San Luis Obispo Police Detective Luca Benedetti.

Tuesday marks a painful anniversary on the Central Coast.

It was a year ago that a San Luis Obispo Police detective died in the line of duty. Luca Benedetti was with a team of officers serving a search warrant at the home of a man when the man opened fire.

Benedetti was fatally wounded. Another officer was also wounded during the attack.

The 37-year-old officer left behind a wife, and two children. He's being remembered with a candlelight vigil Tuesday night in Mission Plaza, in downtown San Luis Obispo.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.