DOWNEY, Calif.—An off-duty Monterey Park Police Department officer who was gunned down in the parking lot of a Downey gym was identified Aug. 9 as a 26-year-old rookie just weeks out of the academy, while investigators continued a dragnet in search of the person or people responsible for the killing.
The shooting was reported about 3:30 p.m. Monday in the 12700 block of Lakewood Boulevard, near the Glenn Anderson (105) Freeway, just outside an LA Fitness gym.
The victim, identified Tuesday as Officer Gardiel Solorio, was found unresponsive in the seat of his car and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Downey police….