Four deputies responded to the scene, applied tourniquets, and carried him to the road.

"Deputies removed Officer Ortiz from the vehicle, applied two tourniquets to his legs, carried Officer Ortiz out of the ravine to the roadway where deputies were met by EMS," Baxter said.

Ortiz, a 22-year veteran of the Rochester Police Department, was pronounced dead at 7:13 p.m.

Baxter says one casing was found in the passenger side of Ortiz's SUV. The bullet was found lodged in the driver's door. The weapon did have a safety on it, according to investigators.

Chief Deputy Michael Fowler says three of the four deputies that carried Ortiz to the road were in the police academy together, and Ortiz was their trainer.

"We lost a great one but gained an angel," Rochester Police Chief La'Ron Singletary said.

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