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Brittany Shaw

Age : 35

Gender : Female

Race : White

Date : 08/08/2025

Location : 13000 block of Tustin East Drive

City : Tustin

County : Orange

State : California

Agency : Tustin Police Department, Orange County Sheriff’s Department

Officer(s) :Aimee Alexis Hidalgo

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed off duty by police officer

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/08/2025, at approximately 5:22 a.m., Tustin Police Department officers responded to the Axiom Tustin Apartments in the 13000 block of Tustin East Drive after Orange County Sheriff’s Deputy Aimee Alexis Hidalgo called 911 reporting that she had shot a woman inside the apartment she shared with her fiancée, 35-year-old Brittany Shaw. Hidalgo was off duty at the time. Shaw worked for the Orange County Health Care Agency in Correctional Health Services at the Orange County Jail, where Hidalgo was assigned as a deputy.
Initial public accounts described Shaw as Hidalgo’s roommate and reported that Hidalgo apparently mistook her for an intruder. The investigation later established that Shaw and Hidalgo were engaged and living together in a studio apartment. They were planning a destination wedding in Mexico for November 2025.
The subsequent criminal investigation substantially expanded what was initially known about the shooting. According to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, Ring-camera footage showed Shaw leaving the apartment at approximately 5:10 a.m. to take the couple’s dog for its regular morning walk. Shaw returned approximately 10 minutes later. Prosecutors allege that within seconds of her return, Hidalgo fired nine shots at her fiancée. Shaw suffered gunshot wounds to her torso, right arm and head. The coroner determined that the fatal head shot was fired at close-intermediate range, less than eight inches from Shaw’s head.
Hidalgo subsequently told investigators that she believed Shaw was an intruder. After the shooting, Hidalgo called 911 and attempted CPR. Police and paramedics responded, but Shaw died from her injuries. Hidalgo was placed on paid administrative leave from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department while Tustin Police investigated the killing.
For approximately seven months after Shaw’s death, Hidalgo remained uncharged while investigators developed the case. On 03/09/2026, Hidalgo surrendered to Tustin Police after the Orange County District Attorney’s Office charged her with one felony count of voluntary manslaughter and a felony enhancement for personal use of a firearm. Prosecutors allege that Hidalgo unlawfully killed Shaw despite Hidalgo’s assertion that she believed she was confronting an intruder. If convicted as charged, Hidalgo faces a maximum sentence of 21 years in state prison.
Hidalgo became an Orange County sheriff’s deputy in 2021 and had approximately five years of service when prosecutors charged her. She was assigned to the Orange County Jail and remained on administrative leave following the filing of the criminal case. Searches for Hidalgo’s law-enforcement history did not locate a documented prior police shooting, sustained disciplinary case or civil-rights lawsuit involving her before Shaw’s killing.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/video/off-duty-ocsd-sheriffs-deputy-fatally-shoots-another-orange-county-employee-in-tustin/
https://abc7.com/post/off-duty-orange-county-sheriffs-deputy-charged-shooting-death-fiance-tustin-apartment/18698338/
https://ocdistrictattorney.gov/press/orange-county-sheriffs-deputy-charged-with-voluntary-manslaughter-for-shooting-and-killing-her-fiancee-in-their-tustin-apartment/
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/orange-county-sheriffs-deputy-fatal-shooting-fiancee-aimee-hidalgo-brittany-shaw/