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“We are devastated by the loss of Officer Cano, who gave his life while serving the people of California,” said California Highway Patrol Commissioner Sean Duryee in a statement.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement that Cano’s “passing is a heartbreaking loss for the state and the California Highway Patrol.”

The crash was first reported at 11:17 a.m. near North Sierra Highway and West Avenue C, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Another round of charges was announced on June 17, with allegations including setting a California Highway Patrol vehicle on fire and looting of an Apple store.

On June 25 around 10:30 a.m., a California Department of Transportation employee found an overturned vehicle concealed in heavy brush in an embankment along State Route 166 near Old Sierra Madre Road, east of Santa Maria, according to a California Highway Patrol news release.