2020 boogaloo murders

Air Force sergeant Steven Carrillo and accomplice Robert Justus were charged in June 2020 for two ambush-style attacks on law enforcement officers in California. The first was a May 29 shooting that resulted in the death of a Federal Protective Service officer in Oakland. The second occurred on June 6, 2020 and involved the bombing and shooting of Santa Cruz County deputies. Two officers were wounded and one was killed in the second incident.

Authorities linked the individuals to the Boogaloo movement. The white van allegedly used in the murders had "Boog" and "I became unreasonable" written in the blood on the vehicle's hood. It also contained a patch with a Boogaloo symbol. They also found a Boogaloo symbol on a ballistic vest with a American flag with an igloo instead of stars.

Federal Protective Service officers shooting

2020 shootings of Oakland police officers
Location	1301 Clay Street, Oakland, California, U.S.
Date	May 29, 2020 c. 9:45 p.m. (PDT)
Target	Federal Protective Service officers
Attack type	Drive-by shooting
Deaths	1
Injured	1
Perpetrator	Unknown

On May 30, 2020, two Federal Protective Service officers were shot in Oakland, California by an unknown assailant from a car, resulting in the death of one of the officers and the wounding of the other. The officers were targeted while they were on patrol outside the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building in the city's downtown, during the George Floyd protests in California. David Patrick Underwood, a 53-year-old officer, was fatally shot and died of gunshot wounds, while another officer was critically wounded. At the time of the shooting, Underwood was providing security at the courthouse during a protest.

In Oakland, during the George Floyd protests, an unknown gunman opened fire from a car against Federal Protective Service officers outside a federal courthouse. The vehicle had approached the building around 9:45pm and an individual inside of the vehicle opened fire at the officers standing outside the building, killing one and wounding another.

The Department of Homeland Security investigated the act as possible domestic terrorism.

Santa Cruz County attack

A June 6 shooting and bombing involving Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Department officers in Ben Lomond, California killed one officer and wounded two others. A 32-year-old suspect, an Air Force sergeant who was armed with a rifle and improvised explosive devices, was wounded and arrested in connection with that attack. Authorities believed the attack may haven been linked to the earlier shooting in Oakland.

Investigation

An FBI is investigating but had not yet identified a motive or a suspect as of May 31. Although initially the police were not sure that the shooting was connected to the protests, on June 2, investigators stated they now believed the attackers were targeting uniformed officers, but who carried out the attack is not clear so far.

Links to the Boogaloo movement

Authorities linked the individuals to the Boogaloo movement. The white van allegedly used in the murders had "Boog" and "I became unreasonable" written in the blood on the vehicle's hood. It also contained a patch with a Boogaloo symbol. They also found a Boogaloo symbol on a ballistic vest with a American flag with an igloo instead of stars.

Responses

Ken Cuccinelli, deputy secretary of Homeland Security, suggested the attack was possibly part of a pattern and that the department is aware of threats against other police stations and federal buildings and said that “When someone targets a police officer or a police station with an intention to do harm and intimidate, that is an act of domestic terrorism".

Governor Gavin Newsom expressed condolences to Underwood's family and highlighted the pain in the state and nation, but warned that no one should rush to connect the attack on the officers with the protests that night.

Underwood's sister, Angela Underwood Jacobs, a Republican candidate filling a vacant district in California, issued a statement that highlighted the work her brother had done and called for the violence seen in the protests to stop.