Two men charged after cop is lured from his vehicle and beaten

A California police officer is recovering after authorities said one man lured the cop from his cruiser Monday and beat him while another man filmed the assault and shouted encouragement.

Juan Gomez, 20, and Jamaral Lee, 35, were arrested and charged in the case.

“An event like this is just not typical,” Sacramento Police Sgt. Doug Morse told FOX40.

The unidentified officer was in his patrol car around 12:30 a.m. when authorities say Gomez approached the officer and told him there was a man with a gun in the vicinity, according to a Sacramento Police Department news release obtained by the Sacramento Bee.

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