Calif. officer killed on the job is mourned: 'It was in his blood'

Cpl. Ronil Singh spent time with his wife and 5-month-old son on Christmas Day before heading out to work an overnight shift.

In the predawn hours of the next morning, the 33-year-old radioed that he was pulling over a vehicle in Newman, Calif., where he had worked for the Police Department for seven years. A few minutes later, he called over the radio: "Shots fired!"

Officers who responded found Singh had been shot. He was taken to a hospital, where he died. The motorist, who had been stopped as part of a DUI investigation, was