Slain El Monte police officers to be honored at candlelight vigil tonight
EL MONTE, Calif. -- With a candlelight vigil set for Saturday night to honor the two El Monte police officers killed in the line of duty this week, the mother of one of the officers lashed out at District Attorney George Gascón -- saying Gascón's"insane ideas'' allowed the gunman to remain out of jail and free to murder her son.
"I blame the death of my son and his partner on Gascón,'' Olga Garcia, the mother of El Monte Police Department Officer Joseph Anthony Santana, 31, said through tearsSantana and his partner, Cpl. Michael Domingo Paredes, 42, were killed around 5:10 p.m. Tuesday during a gunfight at the Siesta Inn, 10327 Garvey Ave., where they had responded to a report of a stabbing. The accused shooter was also killed in the gun battle.
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