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ByDonThompson TheAssociatedPress SACRAMENTO A suspect was arrested Friday after- noon after two Northern California sheriff's dep- uties were killed during a series of shootings that spanned about six hours and 30 miles across two Northern California coun- ties. A third deputy and a bystander were also shot during the spree. Marcelo Marquez, 34, was taken alive Friday afternoon from a home in Auburn af- ter the initial shooting hours earlier in a Sacramento com- mercial area, Placer County Sheriff's spokeswoman Dena Erwin said. "This guy was on a one- man crime spree today. He has no idea of the damage he did," she said. The four shootings sparked a massive manhunt by multiple agencies backed by search dogs, helicopters and armored vehicles. Res- idents nearby were told to stay indoors and schools were locked down during the search. A woman who was with the suspect was also taken into custody in Placer County and authorities said she had a handgun in her purse. Erwin said the officer who died was shot with an AR-15-type assault weapon, and the other officer was shot in the arm and was ex- pected to survive. Sacramento County Sher- iff Scott Jones said at an af- ternoon news conference that Deputy Danny Oliver, 47, was killed after he ap- proached a suspicious ve- hicle in a motel parking lot Friday morning and was shot in the forehead at close range. Oliver was a 15-year veteran who leaves behind a wife and two daughters. Jones did not know a motive. Oliver was the first county deputy killed since 2008. "He was not able to re- turn fire or do anything," Jones said. He said Oliver's partner was able to shoot back as the vehicle fled the scene. "We live as a family, to- day we grieve as a family," Jones said. The suspect then shot a male driver who refused to hand over his car keys dur- ing an attempted carjack- ing, officials said. Erwin said two deputies from her department were later shot in Auburn, about 30 miles north of Sacra- mento, as the manhunt con- tinued. She did not imme- diately release the deputies' names or other identifying information. Marquez was taken to a hospital before he could be booked into jail, Erwin said. SACRAMENTO SuspectarrestedindeathoftwoCaliforniadeputies RICHPEDRONCELLI—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Law enforcement officers gather at the site where a Sacramento County Sheriff's deputy was shot by an assailant, on Friday in Sacramento. By Haven Daley The Associated Press WATSONVILLE A Silicon Valley startup has devel- oped technology to let dis- patchers know when a po- lice officer's weapon has been fired. The latest product by Yardarm Technologies would notify dispatchers in real time when an offi- cer's gun is taken out of its holster and when it's fired. It can also track where the gun is located and in what direction it was fired. Santa Cruz County Sher- iff Phil Wowak, whose agency is among two test- ing the technology, said it will allow the sheriff's of- fice to see whether depu- ties are in trouble and un- able to ask for assistance. "That's the worst night- mare for any police officer in the field," he said. The system will not in- clude a remote disabling mechanism. Yardarm was pursuing that technology and demonstrated it at a conference in Las Vegas last year, but it has since abandoned that effort, ac- cording to the Capitola, California,-based compa- ny's marketing vice presi- dent, Jim Schaff. Yardarm's system would have triggered an alarm on an owner's cellphone if a gun had been moved, and the owner would then have been able to hit a button to activate the safety and dis- able the weapon. Schaff would not say exactly why the company gave up on remotely dis- abling guns. Gun rights advocates have raised se- rious concerns that so- called smart gun technol- ogy could be used to limit their access to weapons. The developers insist their latest technology is not creating a smart gun, but rather is "police gun- fire tracking technology." Sam Paredes, executive director of Gun Owners of California, said his or- ganization isn't opposed to the particular technol- ogy Yardarm is developing and other smart-gun tech- nology. "What we do oppose are government mandates re- quiring all gun owners to adopt the technology," Paredes said. "If law en- forcement wants to adopt this technology, that's great. Just don't make ev- ery gun owner adopt the technology." Smart gun technology has been around for de- cades, but technological advances and recent large shootings have prompted more than a dozen smart gun companies to begin developing weapons. Some began selling in gun shops this year, but analysts say controversy surrounding the technology could limit sales. The technology that tracks an officer's gun re- lies on the Internet and requires a small device that can fit in the handle of most police handguns. It connects to the officer's smart phone using Blue- tooth. "The officer simply in- serts it into the back of the firearm, and now it's installed. They don't even know it's there anymore," Schaff said during a recent demonstration. Yardarm is paying for the test in the hopes they can develop the technology nationwide and charge de- partments for it next year. Schaff said the company has not yet determined a price. LAW ENFORCEMENT Si li co n Va ll ey s ta rt up u nv ei ls n ew g un t ec hn ol og y fo r co p co mm un ic at io ns ERIC RISBERG — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Jim Schaff, vice president of marketing with Yardarm, holds a sensor that fits into an Airso replica of a Glock 17 handgun in San Francisco on Wednesday. "The officer simply inserts it into the back of the firearm, and now it's installed. 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