
Andrew Nuñez was 28 years old when a call for help became the last call he would ever answer. As a Deputy Sheriff with the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, he responded to a domestic violence call involving an armed man in Rancho Cucamonga. He went toward danger because someone else was already facing it. On October 27, 2025, gunfire took Deputy Sheriff Nuñez from the people he served. The loss is not made smaller by the brevity of the facts. A young public servant was shot while responding to a crisis, and a community was left to reckon with how quickly a duty carried…
Deputy Sheriff Andrew Nuñez
- Agency
- San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department
- Agency type
- Sheriff (Municipal & County)
- State or jurisdiction
- California
- End of Watch
- October 27, 2025
- Cause of death
- Gunfire
- Age
- 28
- Tour of duty
- 6 years
- Badge
- 3181
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