COLLEAGUES REMEMBER FALLEN RUNNERS.Byline: Josh Kleinbaum Staff Writer A few months ago, when somebody asked LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Detective Raul Reyna why he liked to run marathons, his answer was pretty simple: Why not? ``He said, `It just sounds like something to do,''' said Capt. Jim Voge, commanding officer of the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Police Department's Force Investigation Division. ``It's a challenge, and he looked forward to completing it.'' Reyna, an avid runner with a handful of marathons under his belt, died Sunday after suffering a heart attack at mile 24 of the Los Angeles Marathon The Los Angeles Marathon is an annual marathon held in Los Angeles, California since 1986. It was inspired by the success of the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles. The race starts at about 8:15AM and runs through Downtown Los Angeles, Koreatown, the Crenshaw district, and . James Leone, a retired sheriff's deputy running his 11th L.A. Marathon, died of a heart attack in the third mile of the 26.2-mile race. In the previous 20 runnings of the event, only one person died of a heart attack, officials said. Monday, officials from the LAPD and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. mourned the losses of Reyna and Leone. Leone, 60, worked as a patrol and jail deputy and facility supervisor at the sheriff's Industry Station from 1981 until his retirement in 2000. A mechanical whiz who could fix a car or an airplane airplane, aeroplane, or aircraft, heavier-than-air vehicle, mechanically driven and fitted with fixed wings that support it in flight through the dynamic action of the air. , he was also involved in the Shriners and the Free Masons. Leone was a black-belt martial artist and an avid runner. He'd often dress up as a clown clown, a comic character usually distinguished by garish makeup and costume whose antics are both humorously clumsy and acrobatic. The clown employs a broad, physical style of humor that is wordless or not as self-consciously verbal as the traditional fool or jester. to entertain sick children at local hospitals, making balloon animals for the patients. ``He'd make kids laugh,'' said sheriff's Detective Ljot Inglis, who knew Leone for 18 years. ``He'd make them bunny bunny delivers chocolates, etc., to children. [Western Folklore: Jobes, 487] See : Easter rabbits, poodles, Indian headdresses, all out of balloons. ``It doesn't sound like much, but to a kid that's sick, it's a lot.'' Leone moved to St. George, Utah St. George is a city located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Utah, and the county seat of Washington County, Utah.GR6 It is the principal city of and is included in the St. George, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. , after retiring and often invited deputies for fishing trips. He had returned to Los Angeles to run in the marathon. Reyna, 52, was a veteran detective in the LAPD division that investigates officer-involved shootings. Laid back and approachable, he was always willing to offer advice on other cases, Voge said. On Monday, officers in his division papered their office door with pictures of Reyna. ``He was one of the hardest workers,'' Voge said. ``Just a straight-out genuinely nice man, a consummate professional and an absolutely good person. That's why he affected so many people here. It shocked us all. ``This department, this division and this city are going to miss him.'' Josh Kleinbaum, (818) 713-3669 josh.kleinbaum(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: REYNA |
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