Slain El Monte Police Officers Identified; Investigation Continuing

Slain El Monte Police Officers Identified; Investigation Continuing
Police cars in a parking lot near El Monte Police Department in El Monte, Calif., in February 2021. Google Maps/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
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EL MONTE, Calif.—Two police officers who were fatally shot when responding to a stabbing report at an El Monte motel were identified Wednesday, while a memorial of flowers and tributes continued to grow outside El Monte Police Department (EMPD) headquarters and investigators worked to piece together the circumstances of the shooting.

The shooting, which also left the suspect dead, occurred about 5:10 p.m. Tuesday at the Siesta Inn at 10327 Garvey Avenue, near the San Bernardino (10) Freeway, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, which was assisting El Monte police with the investigation.

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