Bay Area deputy, 22, found dead after possible fall

A Bay Area corrections officer died after a possible fall from a horse, prompting an outpouring of grief from her North Bay community.

Shortly before 7 p.m. Thursday, Sonoma County fire personnel responded to a call on the 4000 block of Taylor Avenue in Santa Rosa. There, they discovered Kylee Johnson, 22, an off-duty deputy with the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office. It appeared she had fallen from a horse; she was pronounced deceased.

“At this time, it is unclear whether the fall was the cause of her passing or if a medical event occurred,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement. An autopsy will be conducted to determine her cause of death…

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