Officer’s killer was ordered to give up rifle

DAVIS — A man who shot and killed a rookie police officer in Northern California before taking his own life during a standoff with police was a 48-yearold convict who had been ordered to surrender a semi-automatic rifle.

Kevin Douglas Limbaugh’s name was released Saturday as authorities continued to investigate his motive for the attack that killed 22-year-old Officer Natalie Corona in the college town of Davis.

The Sacramento Bee reported that court documents show that Limbaugh was charged and convicted in a battery case last fall and that he agreed in November to surrender the weapon.

The case stemmed from Limbaugh getting arrested in September for assaulting someone at Cache Creek Casino, Yolo County sheriff ’s Sgt. Matthew Davis said.

Police said a gunman on a bicycle ambushed the officer as she investigated a car accident and that he narrowly avoided wounding others before walking home.