Third Suspect Arrested in Off-Duty Police Officer Killing

A picture of an off-duty Monterey Park police officer Gardiel Solorio who died in a fatal shooting in Downey, Calif. on Aug. 8, 2022. Courtesy of City of Monterey Park

DOWNEY, Calif.—A third suspect has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of an off-duty Monterey Park police officer during what District Attorney George Gascón called a botched robbery attempt in Downey, police announced.

Gerardo Magallanes, 18, of San Pedro was arrested Aug.11 and booked on suspicion of murder in connection with the fatal shooting of Officer Gardiel Solorio, 26. Magallanes’s alleged role in the shooting was not specified.