Our hearts go out to our brothers and sisters at El Monte PD, as they mourn the loss of two of their own officers. Tributes for the fallen officers were posted on social media by other law enforcement agencies and others. Please keep these officers in your prayers,” said former El Monte Mayor Andre Quintero, who served from 2009 to 2020. I broke bread with them, celebrated their heroic feats and watched as many safely made it to their end of watch.
During my tenure as mayor, I had the opportunity to get to know many of them. Details are still being investigated and reported. “I’m completely devastated to learn about the shooting of two of El Monte’s Police officers. “The community’s changed a lot (since I’ve lived here) it’s gotten a lot chiller,” he said. “It doesn’t get like this, with people getting shot and shooting at the cops,” Garcia said. He said incidents of this magnitude are not common for the community. Kingsbury saw a pistol be picked up off of the suspect, he said.Īlex Garcia, a 20-year resident of South El Monte, said he saw what he thought was the end of a pursuit before the shooting broke out. “I whipped my car into the parking lot and got out of my car when I saw the suspect, a male with no shirt, lifeless on the ground,” he said. Initially unfazed, he continued driving until he heard 10 more gunshots, he said. LiYIopqvkOĪrthur Kingsbury, a life-long resident of the area, was driving west on Garvey Avenue on his way home from work when he said he heard five gunshots. Sheriff Villanueva also addressed the media in Spanish. A sheriff’s official with a folded American flag or flags also arrived. Onlookers said some were visibly distraught. She was not stabbed.Ī firearm was recovered at the scene, the Sheriff’s Department said.įamily members of the officers were at the medical center where the officers were taken after the shooting. It wasn’t immediately known when or at what location the officers were struck.Ī victim of the incident officers were called to, a woman thought to be the suspect’s girlfriend, was being interviewed. Andrew Meyer said the investigation, in its early stages, found the officers confronted the suspect in a motel where there was an officer-involved shooting and that was followed by another police shooting in the parking lot. The Sheriff’s Department later reported the call to the motel was regarding “a welfare check of a possible female stabbed at the location.” “The El Monte Police Department responded to a possible stabbing at the Siesta Inn and officers immediately took gunfire upon arrival,” the city statement said. Police and sheriff’s deputies swarmed the area of the shooting and appeared to be searching a nearby building, possibly a motel. Information on the suspect’s identity was not immediately available. Authorities later confirmed the suspect, a man, was pronounced dead at the scene. CDdBMubQePĪ body covered by a sheet could be seen at the scene. I’m in El Monte where a shooting broke out earlier, injuring two officers and the suspect. The suspect was “down” at the scene, Yoo said. One officer was at least a 22-year veteran, the other was on the force less than a year, Lowry said. ‘As our officers do on a daily basis, they were acting as the first line of defense for our community members when they were essentially ambushed while trying to keep a family safe,” Ancona said. “Heartbroken doesn’t begin to express the loss that we feel,” said Mayor Jessica Ancona. Ben Lowry said during a somber late-Tuesday news conference at LAC+USC Medical Center, where the officers had been taken. They were good men,” Acting El Monte Police Chief Capt. We would also like to thank the El Monte community and our surrounding government agencies for the outpouring support we have received in the last few hours,” said a statement from the city, the Police Department and the El Monte Police Officers Association. It weighs heavy on our hearts and we are sending our support to their families. “There are no words to describe our grief and devastation by this senseless act as we learned about the passing of two of our police officers.
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