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| BIO: DEPUTY JUAN ABEL ESCALANTE | ||
EOW: August 02, 2008 DATE OF HIRE: November 30, 2005 DATE OF BIRTH: Survived by his wife and 3 children,
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| The funeral services for Deputy Juan Escalante will be held on Friday, August 8, 2008, at 0900 hours, at the following location: Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels 555 West Temple Street Los Angeles (Thomas Guide page 634, F-3) Interment immediately following the funeral service: Resurrection Cemetery 966 North Potrero Grande Drive Montebello (Thomas Guide page 636, E-4) |
Sheriff's Deputy killed in shooting -
Drive-by held outside his home in gang-plagued Cypress Park area
THE SIGNAL - SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2008
LOS ANGELES (AP) - An off-duty Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy was killed Saturday in a drive-by shooting outside his home in the gang-plagued Cypress Park area, police said.
The deputy was not in uniform and was walking when shots rang out from a passing white car at about 5:40 a.m., Los Angeles Police Department Officer Jason Lee said.
Witness said they heard about five shots.
The deputy died at the scene. Police identified him as Juan Escalante, 27. Sheriff Lee Baca, who went to the scene, said he was a two-year veteran who worked at the downtown Men's Central Jail.
"We know that the public at large is grieving the loss," he said.
Lee said it was not immediately clear whether the killers knew the victim or were aware he was a law enforcement officer.
LAPD Chief William Bratton also when to the scene. He said it was too early to determine whether the shooting was gang-related.
Bratton also said the Police Department had staged a crackdown this year against violent gangs in the area and that crime there had "diminished significantly."
"This is the first homicide, now, in several months since the roundup up most of the gang leadership," he said.