Crime & Safety

Ex-Air Force Sgt., Alleged ‘Boogaloo' Follower Changing Plea In Slaying Of Federal Officer Patrick Underwood

The change of plea comes in the wake of federal prosecutors agreeing to not seek the death penalty in the case.

OAKLAND (CBS SF/AP) — Former U.S. Air Force Sgt. Steven Carrillo, an alleged follower of the Boogaloo Boys movement, plans to change his not guilty plea in the fatal shooting of Federal Protective Officer Dave Patrick Underwood under the cover of 2020 protests in Oakland against police brutality, according to court records.

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The change of plea comes in the wake of federal prosecutors agreeing to not seek the death penalty in the case.

Carrillo, 33, pleaded not guilty in July 2020 to killing Underwood, who was shot on May 29, 2020, while he stood in a guard shack in front of a federal building in Oakland.

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