Official: Illinois cop’s death that sparked manhunt will be declared a suicide
CHICAGO – Authorities will announce that a northern Illinois police officer whose shooting death led to a massive manhunt in September committed suicide, an official briefed on the crime investigation...
View ArticleTeen charged in slaying of Downey officer faces arraignment
A 16-year-old boy charged with fatally shooting a Downey police officer in a botched robbery attempt last week is expected to appear in a Los Angeles courtroom Monday. Abel Diaz of Bellflower is...
View Article3 in court today in Downey Officer Ricardo Galvez’s shooting death
DOWNEY — Three young men are expected to appear in court this morning in connection with the shooting death of a Downey police officer killed during an apparent botched robbery as he sat in plain...
View Article2 more charged 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...
View ArticleTwo more suspects charged in murder of California police officer
By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two more suspects were charged with murder on Monday in the fatal shooting of a police officer as he sat in a car outside his department's headquarters in the...
View ArticleFuneral services planned for slain Downey officer Ricky Galvez
Funeral services have been planned for Downey Police Officer Ricardo “Ricky” Galvez, who was shot and killed Wednesday in...
View ArticleArraignment postponed for 3 suspects accused in murder of Downey police officer
DOWNEY — Arraignment was postponed to Dec. 17 for two men and a boy charged with the murder of Downey Police Officer Ricardo Galvez in an apparent botched robbery last week. Steven Knott, 18, and...
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 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 ArticleSuspect in custody after shooting at Planned Parenthood
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A gunman burst into a Planned Parenthood clinic and opened fire, launching several gunbattles and an hourslong standoff with police as patients and staff took cover under...
View ArticleThousands pay respects to slain Downey Officer Ricardo Galvez
Marines greet each other before entering the Downey Civic Theatre where a vigil was on Sunday held for Downey police Officer Ricardo Galvez, who was killed in a botched robbery attempt on Nov. 18....
View ArticleSaying goodbye to slain Downey police officer: Services set for Sunday and...
A rosary and viewing service for slain Downey police Officer Ricardo “Ricky” Galvez is Sunday night, followed by funeral services Monday morning. He is the first officer to be gunned down in Downey...
View ArticleFuneral for Downey Officer Ricardo Galvez to close downtown LA streets
A Rosary-vigil was held for Downey police officer Ricardo Galvez after he was killed in a botched robbery attempt. The vigil was held in the Downey Civic Theatre. Marines greet each other before...
View ArticleHundreds pay respects to slain California police officer
Click photo to enlarge The casket for Downey police officer Ricardo "Ricky" Galvez arrives at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Monday, Nov. 30, 2015, in Los Angeles. He was shot to death near...
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 ArticleLos Angeles County officer found shot to death
DOWNEY, Calif. (AP) — A police officer in the city of Downey was found shot to death in the parking lot of police headquarters and a hunt is...
View ArticleCHP officers' service and sacrifice recalled in daylong tribute
FRESNO — Hector Arredondo met Juan Jaime Gonzalez 15 years ago when the two attended Fresno State, and it did not take long for them to become friends. And Arredondo quickly learned what motivated...
View ArticlePolice arrest two in robbery of dying woman in Taco Bell drive-through
In 2013, Daquantrius Shaquill Johnson and Quanique Dontrell Thomas-Hameen were co-defendants in a Wichita burglary case. Now, police suspect the two 19-year-olds of being partners in crime again. This...
View ArticleKnown gang members charged after unsuccessful attempted robbery thwarted by...
FONTANA >> A juvenile suspected in the attack and attempted robbery of a military veteran Sunday night has been charged as an adult. Court records show Ricky Legardy, 17, along with Thomas Lee...
View ArticleAlleged his-and-her robbery team arrested in Canoga Park
CANOGA PARK >> It wasn’t enough for a suspected Bonnie-and-Clyde crime duo to allegedly stick up a store where she worked in Canoga Park, Los Angeles police said. Making their getaway, Clyde...
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