Line of Duty Death: Deputy Sheriff Phillip Campas
Deputy Sheriff Phillip Campas
Kern County Sheriff’s Office, California
End of Watch Sunday, July 25, 2021
BIO
Age Not available
Tour Not available
Badge 1392
INCIDENT DETAILS
Cause Gunfire
Weapon Gun; Unknown type
Offender Shot and wounded
Deputy Sheriff Phillip Campas was shot and killed during a barricade at a home near the intersection of 1st Street and Poplar Avenue in Wasco.
Deputies had initially responded to the home for reports of a shooting at about 1:00 pm.
A subject inside fired at the deputies and then barricaded himself in the home, prompting the agency’s SWAT team to be deployed. At about 3:00 pm the subject opened fire on members of the SWAT team as they approached the home. Deputy Campas and another deputy were struck by the gunfire. They were both transported to a local hospital where Deputy Campas succumbed to his wounds.
The subject was shot and wounded when he exchanged more shots with the SWAT team at about 6:30 pm.
Please contact the following agency to send condolences or to obtain funeral arrangements:
Sheriff Donny Youngblood
Kern County Sheriff’s Office
1350 Norris Road
Bakersfield, CA 93308
Phone: (661 ) 391-7500
