officer tarra o'sullivan was asaoeupd assigned to protect a mother leaving a domestic violence situation. the man in the home shot the officer with a rifle. as other officers tried to reach her where she fell outside that home, the suspect fired at them for well. the deputy police chief praised her service. >> we are devastated tonight, there are no words to convey the sadness we feel for our young brave officer. >> the gunman finally surrendered overnight but only after an eight-hour stand off. the mother and child or children were hurt. officer o'sullivan grew up in pleasant hill. this is video of her training and she graduated from the sacramento police academy and was supposed to go out on her own in a matter of weeks. we are waiting to hear about who the gunman was that shot the officer. we'll get that to you as we get it into the news room. >> so sad, trying to help that victim of saw mestdomestic viol. >>> if you have our app, we sent a silent alert to your phone overnight. you can get up to speed as soon as you wake up and check the notifications. >>> somebody shot down an americ

these new recruits are thinking of their colleague, officer tara o'sullivan, shot and kill in the north sacramento on wednesday night. >> tarra is surely with us here tonight. >> reporter: officer o'sullivan was 26 years old, originally from the bay area. six months ago, she graduated from this same academy. sacramento police chief daniel hahn told me he knew her well. >> i don't think there's a person on this earth that would say she wasn't a perfect police officer. >> reporter: officer tom is a new graduate who trained with officer o'sullivan. >> she communicate and think on her feet. >> reporter: his father still supports his son as he begins his career. >> he wants to make a commu difference. i told him just be safe. >> reporter: the chief told me he saw officer o'sullivan a week ago. he said that she showed up on her own and ranned uphill for five miles with the recruits, just to show her support, because that's the kind of oficer that she was. live in sacramento, kate larson, "abc7 news." >> kate, thank you. >>> and san jose's police chief took a moment to honor the officer today in welcoming new cadets at the police ac

other officers tried to reach officer o'sullivan where she fell outside the home, that suspect continued to fire. >> i am sad to share with you tonight. officer tarra christina o'sullivan died at the hospital. she was shot and killed and gave her young life while protecting our community. >> the gunman finally surrendered overnight only after a meet eighter was able to talk him out. aop we are waiting to hear more from sacramento about who this gunman was that shot officer o'sullivan and will bring you more details as we get them in this morning. >> so sad. so young. >> 26, 4:. for ouwe're about to find out if bt workers will accept a contract that will head off a strike. >> bob? >> we just heard from the local 265, and they tell us they are halfway through counting the votes who had until 10:00 last night to give their thumbs up or thumbs down with the new contracted with the transit agency. the union that represents the operators and mechanics have been in negotiations with the vta. some of the sticking points have been wages, operational efficiencies. this is what they are looking on, it's the vta that calls it the best offer, and they would get