In the early morning hours of Wednesday, March 26, 2025, multiple law enforcement agencies executed a series of over 20 search warrants across Yuba, Sutter, Tehama, and Butte counties as part of a years-long transnational drug trafficking investigation by the Yuba-Sutter Narcotics and Gang Task Force Unit.

As part of this operation, officers from several area agencies were executing a search warrant at a home on Kestral Court in Olivehurst. Upon entry, at approximately 7:50am, the subject opened fire and Marysville Police Department SWAT member Officer Osmar Rodarte was shot during the exchange. Officer Rodarte was transported to Adventist Health and Rideout Hospital in Marysville, where, tragically, he succumbed to his injuries. The suspect was also struck during the exchange of gunfire and was pronounced deceased at the scene.

Officer Rodarte, age 27, was a two-year veteran of the Marysville Police Department. “This is a sad day in the City of Marysville,” said Police Chief Christian Sachs, adding Rodarte was a U.S. Army veteran, a brother, a father, and “a close friend.”

This is Marysville Police Department’s first Line-of-Duty loss in more than 100 years.