 Deputy who shot Santa Rosa boy identified 
 
 The Sonoma County sheriff's deputy who fired the shots that killed 13-year-old Andy Lopez last week is a firearms expert, Iraq War veteran and prolific contributor to magazines and online forums dealing with guns and police use of force. Northern California sheriff's deputies have shot and killed the 13-year-old boy after repeatedly telling him to drop what turned out to be a replica assault rifle, sheriff's officials and family members said. The shooting is being investigated by the FBI, police and prosecutors. Two Sonoma County deputies on patrol saw the boy walking with what appeared to be a high-powered weapon.AP/The Press Democrat 
 
 Several hundred people have gathered in a courthouse square to protest the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old boy by a California sheriff's deputy. Gelhaus, nevertheless, would have been familiar with the area of southwest Santa Rosa where he was on patrol Tuesday, Dueñas said.
– Another detail in the case of the 13-year-old boy who was shot when police officers spotted him holding a plastic BB gun: The sheriff's deputy who shot Andy Lopez Cruz is a gun expert and firearms instructor, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Erick Gelhaus hunts; he's been to war; he teaches fellow officers at the department's gun range and also teaches gun classes for the general public; he's had special firearms training and is a "range master." In law enforcement magazines and on online forums, he frequently discusses guns and promotes officer safety. The Santa Rosa Press Democrat calls Gelhaus' stance on police use of force as "aggressive," based on those writings, but in his 24 years with the sheriff's office he never before fired on a suspect (he did accidentally shoot himself in the leg while holstering a gun in 1995). The Sonoma County assistant sheriff calls Gelhaus a "respected and solid employee." He's currently on paid administrative leave as police, the district attorney's office, and the FBI investigate the incident. A critical detail: Federal law requires that toy guns have an orange tip, and this one did not. Demonstrators are marching to the sheriff's department today, then holding a rally there, to protest the incident, Fox News reports.