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.
Downey Fire Department paramedics were called to the scene and pronounced the man dead. His name was withheld pending notification of his next of kin, but police confirmed he was an off-duty officer with the Monterey Park Police Department….