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. agnst depu gelhaus rr shooti andy.acharges - jailrick gelus for the murd of andyopez! (prostors chting) - arrator]he sonom countyheriff'sffice hired ick gelhs in 199 in005, hwas call 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, d it wasurn ur vehic off, tu your hicle off. - faile to useurn sign and unfe lane ange.e? anthat's wn i said why foa routine affic o