Authorities have identified the off-duty Monterey Park police officer who was shot and killed in a gym parking lot in Downey on Monday night.
Gardiel Solorio, age 26, was hired by Monterey Park in January of this year, after graduating from Cal State LA with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice.
"He was only 26 years old. I don't know about you but I have children that age," said Chief Kelly Gordon of the Monterey Park Police Department during a Tuesday press conference. She called the shooting"a senseless act of violence." Solorio was a new hire, who graduated from the Los Angeles County Sheriff Academy on July 22nd, and enrolled in a field training program just days later.
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