Sister of accused cop killer says he didn’t do it, blames friends
Flowers and a portrait of slain officer Galvez flank the fallen officer memorial at the police station in Downey, CA on Thursday, November 19, 2015. Downey police officer Ricardo Galvez was shot and...
View ArticleTeen charged as adult in fatal Calif. cop shooting
Downey police officer Ricardo "Ricky" Galvez was shot in his personal vehicle in what investigators are calling a botched robbery ......
View ArticleNovember 20, 2015: Teen Charged with Murder in Officer’s Death (Los Angeles...
(Source: Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office) A 16-year-old Bellflower male was charged today with one count of murder in the fatal shooting of Downey Officer Ricardo Galvez on Wednesday...
View ArticleGovernor Brown Issues Statement on Death of Downey Police Officer (The Office...
(Source: The Office of the Governor of the State of California) Governor Brown Issues Statement on Death of Downey Police Officer 11-19-2015 SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued the...
View Article16-year-old charged as adult in California officer's killing
Click photo to enlarge In this undated photo released the Downey Police Department shows Downey police officer Ricardo Galvez, 29. He was shot to death in the driver's seat of his personal vehicle when...
View Article16-year-old charged as adult in California officer’s killing
LOS ANGELES – A 16-year-old has been charged as an adult in the shooting death of a Southern California police officer in what investigators...
View ArticleBoy, 16, charged with murder in shooting of California policeman
LOS ANGELES - A 16-year-old boy was charged with murder on Friday in connection with the killing of a police officer who was shot as he sat in his car outside his department's headquarters in the Los...
View ArticleSlain Downey officer's sister: 'Why Ricky? Why Ricky?'
Downey Police Officer Ricardo Galvez, who was fatally gunned down during what officials described as a botched robbery, was mourned in the city he patrolled and beyond. At a memorial Thursday night,...
View ArticleSuspects arrested in Downey officer's slaying are under investigation in...
The three suspects arrested on suspicion of killing a Downey police officer during a botched robbery Wednesday night may have also been responsible for a series of recent robberies in the area,...
View ArticleSheriff: Officer Killed During Teens' Botched Robbery At Police Station
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California police officer was shot to death in his own car as he was getting off work in what investigators said Thursday was a botched robbery attempt by two young men and a...
View ArticleSlain Downey officer Ricardo Galvez was ‘a very good man and a great Marine’
Flowers begin to fill an area in front of the police station in Downey, CA on Thursday, November 19, 2015. Downey police officer Ricardo Galvez was shot and killed in the police station parking lot in...
View ArticlePasco deputies learn about legalities of teen ‘sexting’
NEW PORT RICHEY — The advent of selfies and instant messaging has given rise to a new cyber crime, which law enforcement agencies are learning to tackle. Although it might seem like fun to...
View ArticleWestern leaders vow to destroy ISIS as Brussels hunkers down
BRUSSELS – Western leaders stepped up the rhetoric against the Islamic State group on Sunday as residents of the Belgian capital awoke to largely empty streets on the second day under the highest...
View ArticleLancaster man sought in Hawthorne homicide, shooting spree kills self
A 64-year-old man who killed himself on a freeway near Barstow was the suspect in three shootings that killed a man in Hawthorne, a woman at his home in Lancaster, and wounded his brother in Los...
View ArticleOfficers identified in fatal Minneapolis shooting
MINNEAPOLIS — Two Minneapolis police officers involved in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man are seven-year veterans, including 13 months each with the city, authorities announced Wednesday....
View ArticleOfficials: Illinois officer staged suicide, was embezzling money
CHICAGO – An Illinois police officer who killed himself in what they say was an elaborately staged suicide embezzled money from a police program for seven years, authorities said. Lake County Major...
View ArticleThe Latest: Historic Paris suburb filled with armed police
PARIS – The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local): 11:20 a.m. Armed security officers have fanned out around the historic Paris suburb of Saint-Denis during an hours-long standoff...
View ArticleMan shot this week by police in Northridge may have been intoxicated and...
A man fatally shot by police Monday in Northridge appeared to be heavily intoxicated, did not have a weapon near him at the time of the final shot and was known to the officers involved, according to a...
View ArticleAuthorities say police officer shot in central Kentucky dies
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A central Kentucky police officer died early today, two days after he was ambushed and shot in the head while searching an apartment for a robbery suspect, authorities said. Richmond...
View ArticleOfficials: Illinois officer staged suicide, was embezzling from youth program
ROUND LAKE BEACH, Ill. – A northern Illinois police officer whose fatal shooting triggered a large manhunt carefully staged his death to make it look like he was killed in the line of duty and had been...
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