An off-duty San Joaquin County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a masked gunman who confronted him outside a Stockton apartment complex, police said Wednesday.

The deputy was walking from his car in the complex in the 3500 block of West Benjamin Holt Drive about 10:40 p.m. Tuesday when he was approached by two masked gunmen, said Officer Joseph Silva, spokesman for Stockton Police Department.

The masked men aimed their guns at the deputy’s face, he said.

That’s when the deputy fired his handgun and struck one of the men.


“He did not know if he was being robbed, carjacked, or targeted because he was law enforcement,” Silva said. “Everything happened so fast. He just remembers seeing the guns pointed to his face.

The wounded suspect was pronounced dead at the scene. He was identified as Keenan Bradley, a 21-year-old Stockton resident.

The second gunman ran away before police arrived at the shooting scene. Police found a handgun and mask in the area.

Investigators are looking for the other gunman and trying to determine what led up to the shooting, Silva said.


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