andy lopez. the victims? michael schemmel and erick gelhaus. police did not release the report to the public. the santa rosa police department forwarded the report to district attorney jill ravitch. her job s to revw the rert fopossibleriminal arges the murd of andyopez! - jailrick ger (prostors chting) hid erick lhaus in990. in 25, he wacalled upy the national guard and served in iraq where he saw combat before returning to duty as a deputy sheriff. reporters found that in the years prior to andy's shooting, while a deputy sheriff, gelhaus wrote gun-related articles and posted messages on law enforcement forums. today is the day you may need to kill someone in order to go home. if you find yourself in an ambush, in the kill zone, you need to turn on the mean gene. law enforcement is a contact sport. driver jeff westbrook describes what happened after deputy gelhaus pulled his car over. - he started screaming, the gun came out, and was tur yourehicle o, - [narrar] theffense - faile to useurn sign and unfe lane ange. anthat's wn i said why r a r