The Yuba County District Attorney's Office held an emotional and tense press conference on Tuesday, sharing body cam footage from the moments leading up to Marysville Police Officer Osmar Rodarte's death six months ago .

Rodarte was shot and killed on Kestrel Court in Olivehurst during a transnational drug trafficking bust in March. He was the first Marysville officer killed in the line of duty in more than a hundred years.

"Osmar is a hero. His last act was doing the right thing, protecting his buddy," Marysville Mayor Chris Branscum said.

In the body cam footage, you can hear Rodarte calling out to his fellow officer as he goes to cover an open area of the room where they found drug trafficker Rick Oliver hiding out. Moments later, gunfire erupted.

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