Deputy Sheriff Dighton Lewis Little

Dighton Lewis Little

Deputy Sheriff Dighton Little was shot and killed while serving a narcotics-related warrant as a member of his department's SWAT team.

The SWAT team was assisting deputies from Stanislaus County who had executed a search warrant several days earlier and recovered a weapon.

While outside of the suspect's trailer on Highway 99, in Ripon, he was shot in the head with a high powered rifle fired through a window. The suspect was then shot and killed by other officers. Deputy Little was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.