Gunman wore body armor by Carter Brown

'Jeremy Goulet, the man suspected of killing two Santa Cruz police officers Tuesday, was wearing body armor and carrying three handguns, authorities discovered after Goulet was fatally wounded in a shootout with authorities, Santa Cruz County Sheriff Phil Wowak said. Police suspect Goulet was carrying the guns of the two officers, Elizabeth Butler and Loran "Butch" Baker, Wowak told reporters. The officers were killed on the doorstep of Goulet's Santa Cruz home, he said. The shootings began about 3:30 p.m. when a man, believed to be Goulet, opened fire on the two officers, who were conducting a follow-up investigation at a home, authorities said.Wowak said the officers were wearing plain clothes and were attempting to obtain information from Goulet, who had been accused in a sexual assault case. The officers had “no suspicion they would be in danger,” he said. Butler was a 10-year Santa Cruz Police Department veteran, and Baker was a 28-year veteran, authorities said. “There should be no suspicion or second-guessing on how they ended up where they were,” Wowak said. “They were just doing their job.” Goulet had come to Santa Cruz, a seaside community about 60 miles south of San Francisco, “just months ago,” Wowak said. After the officers were shot, Goulet allegedly disarmed them and stole Baker’s vehicle, Wowak said. He left the home but remained in the neighborhood, he said. “It’s our belief that he remained in the neighborhood … due to the overwhelming number of law enforcement officers that were responding to the incident.” Wowak said details have emerged about Goulet through interviews with people who knew him. He was characterized as being “angry,” “destructive in nature” and as being “unhappy in his life,” Wowak said. Acquaintances suspected he was “either suicidal or homicidal,” he said. Goulet was arrested Friday on suspicion of disorderly conduct at the same location where the two officers were killed, according to the sheriff's online records. News accounts from the Oregonian newspaper in Portland state that in 2008, a Jeremy Peter Goulet was sentenced to three years' probation and sex-offender treatment after a conviction for peeping at a 22-year-old woman as she showered in her northwest Portland condo.' Source:http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2013/02/gunman-who-killed-2-santa-cruz-cops-wore-body-armor-police-say-.html