Off-Duty Officer Shot, Killed in Downey

Off-Duty Officer Shot, Killed in Downey
Police caution tape blocks the entrance to a shooting crime scene in a file photo Jeff Dean/AFP via Getty Images
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DOWNEY, Calif.—A wide-ranging search was continuing Aug. 9 for the person or people who gunned down an off-duty Monterey Park Police Department officer outside a gym in Downey, as the tight-knit law enforcement agency mourned the loss of one of its own.

The shooting was reported about 3:30 p.m. Aug. 8 in the 12700 block of Lakewood Boulevard, near the Glenn Anderson (105) Freeway, and the victim was found unresponsive in the seat of his car, according to Downey police.

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