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2 arrested in fatal shooting of off-duty officer in Downey

Two people – including a 17-year-old – have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of an off-duty Monterey Park police officer who was gunned down outside an LA Fitness in Downey on Monday.

Gardiel Solorio, 26, was shot multiple times while sitting in his car outside the gym in a busy shopping center located in the 12000 block of Lakewood Boulevard Monday around 3:45 pm.

Officials said the suspect, Carlos Delcid, 20, approached Solorio as he was sitting inside his car and tried to rob him. Security footage shows Solorio’s car backing up and slamming into a parked van as he tried to get away. That’s when Delcid allegedly shot Solorio five times at close range, authorities said.

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Delcid fled the scene in a car driven by a 17-year-old, LA County DA George Gascón announced Wednesday. He said his office will also be filing charges against the getaway driver.

Delcid was arrested and charged with one count each of murder, attempted robbery and possession of a firearm by a felon with the special circumstance allegation that the murder was committed during a robbery.

Gascón said they will be seeking life without the possibility of parole for Delcid.

At this time authorities do not believe Solorio was targeted because he is a police officer.

“Senseless gun violence has once again taken someone who pledged to protect and serve others,” Gascón said.

Los Angeles County jail records show Delcid has been booked a half-dozen times in the past year — the most recent coming Tuesday, a day after Downey police arrested him. He is being held on $2 million bail.

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Solorio had joined the department as a recruit in January, but only graduated from the sheriff’s training academy on July 22, and began his field training on July 25.

“We all knew from the moment we met him that he had the heart of service and was going to be a great officer,” MPPD Chief Kelly Gordon said. “And I could tell that from the moment he walked in and did our first introductions in my office. The family and department are grieving right now, and this is an especially difficult tragedy. It’s a senseless act of violence. He was only 26 years old. I don’t know about all of you, but I have children that age. So to me this is particularly difficult.”

Friends of Solorio said he dreamed of being a policeman since he was a child.

“He was living his dream. Why would someone kill him outside the gym?” a friend said.

A procession was held Monday night as Solorio’s body was transported from the crime scene to the LA County coroner’s office.

Solorio is survived by his parents, brothers, sisters and fiancée. His family of him has started a GoFundMe to help pay for funeral expenses

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Family mourns pregnant woman, infant son killed in Windsor Hills crash

As she sat on the sofa, tears flooded down her face as Cotie Davis thought about what happened to her sister Asherey Ryan. She said her friends and family de ella always called her “Rey Rey.”

She would have been 24 years old next month. Davis says that on Thursday her sister de ella was driving to a baby doctor when the driver of a Mercedes was speeding through a red light and hit her car de ella, killing her de ella, her son Alonzo and her unborn child.

“I used to pray all the time to keep my sister safe,” Davis told FOX 11. “My worst fears came true.”

Shaking and inconsolable, 20-year-old Davis couldn’t console herself. She told us, “I’m in shock. I can’t believe I’m walking and talking and I’ll never see her again. She was so supportive.”

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Ryan was killed in Thursday’s crash in Windsor Hills as was her son Alonzo.

Asherey Ryan holding her infant son

Asherey Ryan and her unborn child were killed in a fiery crash in Windsor Hills that left six people dead. Her infant son de ella was also killed. (Photo provided by family) (FOX 11)

Asherey Ryan and her unborn child were killed in a fiery crash in Windsor Hills that left six people dead. Her son Alonzo was also killed. (Photos provided by family) (FOX 11)

“He was almost one. He was going to be one this month on the 11th,” Davis said.

Asherey was also pregnant. She was the oldest of five sisters and worked as a security guard.

Davis says they didn’t know right away what had happened.

“Nobody knew till way later till we started piecing things together,” Davis explained. “Nobody had heard from her.”

She saw the video of the crash and recognized her sister’s clothes in the footage, “and, then in the car seat, it looked like my nephew,” Davis said.

It all hit Davis like a ton of bricks, especially as she looked at pictures on her phone. Waterfalls of tears. Just a few feet away from the sofa sits Alonzo’s walker. She showed us the video of him using it. On the image are the words, “Until we meet again my babies. God, I’m ready to come home now.”

“There’s always going to be a hole in my heart,” Davis said. “My sister who I grew up with every day. She was like my best friend.”

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