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.