Court Upholds Death Sentence for Man Who Shot Oceanside Officer 13 Times, Killing Him

Along with murder, the jury found two special circumstance allegations true, that Camacho killed a police officer and that he did so to escape arrest.

During a traffic stop, Camacho opened fire, striking Zeppetella multiple times. The officer was able to return fire and struck Camacho in the knee. As the officer was trying to crawl away, witnesses testified that Camacho pistol whipped Zeppetella in the head, then took the lawman's gun and shot him several more times with Zeppetella's own weapon.

Camacho's defense centered on his mental state during the shooting, which he argued was clouded by drug use. In addition to an ongoing heroin addiction, he had also been using methamphetamine and had been prescribed other drugs by a psychiatrist. This caused him to undergo"a period of delirium and psychosis" during the shooting, according to the ruling.

In the letters, he indicated animosity toward police, which the prosecution alleged were evidence of his lack of remorse for killing Zeppetella.

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Death sentence upheld for man convicted of killing Oceanside police officer -OCEANSIDE (KUSI) – The California Supreme Court today upheld the death sentence for a man convicted of gunning down an Oceanside police officer nearly two decades ago. Adrian George Camacho, 47, was convicted of first-degree murder for the June 13, 2003, slaying of Officer Tony Zeppetella. According to the court’s ruling, Zeppetella was shot at least 13 times and pistol... I remember this, just off Oceanside Blvd I wonder how Tony Zeppetella’s family feels. This is wrong. Appeals shouldn’t take almost 20 years, either. Execution should have been carried out a long time ago. Yeah now if they were just save the taxpayers money and just get it done instead of holding him in his cell for the next 40 years. Obviously wait till his appeals and whatever to run out.
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California Supreme Court upholds death sentence in 2003 slaying of Oceanside police officerOfficer Tony Zeppetella, 27, was shot and killed by Adrian Camacho, then 28, after a routine traffic stop in a busy Oceanside credit union parking lot
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