Officer Fatally Shot in Downey Police Parking Lot

Officer Ricky Galvez, 29, a Marine who served two tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan and joined the Downey Police Department in 2006 as a police aide, was shot and killed Thursday Nov. 19, 2015. Photo credit: Downey PD

Officer Ricky Galvez, a 29-year-old Marine who served two tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, was seated in his personal car when two attackers approached and opened fire, investigators say

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Written by Jonathan Lloyd, Adrian Arambulo and Toni Guinyard

An officer was fatally shot Thursday morning when two attackers walked up to his car and opened fire in the Downey Police Department parking lot, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department investigators.

The officer was identified as 29-year-old Ricky Galvez, a Marine who served two tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan and joined the police department in 2006 as a police aide. He was hired as an officer in the community southeast of downtown Los Angeles in March 2010.

"One of Downey's finest was shot and killed," said Chief Carl Charles. "He was a tremendous young man. His smile and professionalism were always on display.

"Words cannot express the love we have for Ricky."
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