Police officer Ricardo Gálvez, 29, was inside his private car in the parking lot of the police station in Downey, in Los Angeles County, California, when two men approached, shot him and killed him.
This Friday, five years later, the two men accused of the murder of this Latino officer were sentenced to a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office reported.
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Jeremy Anthony Alvarez, 26, was sentenced to a minimum of 30 years in prison and a maximum of life in prison after pleading guilty in March to one count of second-degree murder and attempted robbery in the death of the Latino police officer.
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Steven Knott, Alvarez's 23-year-old half-brother, received a minimum sentence of 50 years in jail and a maximum of life in prison after pleading guilty to charges of first degree murder and attempted robbery with use. of a firearm.
Counting the facts
On November 18, 2015, Gálvez was in civilian clothes and sitting inside his vehicle after attending professional training at a nearby location.
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At around 11 p.m., two men approached his vehicle and shot him.
The policeman did not have his gun with him.
Upon hearing the shots, another officer in his car chased the suspects to the nearby town of Montebello, where they abandoned their vehicle and escaped on foot.
After this, three suspects were arrested, including Knott and Álvarez, who were later prosecuted.
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According to Lieutenant John Carina of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, Gálvez's death was an attempted robbery "that ended badly."
Galvez, who had been a member of the Downey Police Department for five years, was a Navy veteran and served two deployments to Iraq.
With information from Efe.