NO CHARGES IN SHOOTING.Byline: Angie Valencia-Martinez Staff Writer SIMI VALLEY Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. - The shooting of a 19-year-old Sylmar man by an off-duty Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . officer was a legally justified act of self-defense, the Ventura County District Attorney's Office ruled. 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 Officer Jaime Anthony Reyes Anthony Loza Reyes (born October 16, 1981 in Whittier, California) is a right-handed pitcher in the St. Louis Cardinals organization of Major League Baseball. Reyes is a Whittier, California native. was acting in self- defense when he shot Mario Lopez Mario López, Jr. (born October 10, 1973), is an American actor who appeared on several television series. He first became well known for his portrayal of the character A.C. Slater on Saved by the Bell. , who had fired his own gun, wounding one person in the face at a Halloween party in Simi Valley. Reyes, who was off-duty at the time of the incident, will not face criminal charges, Senior Deputy District Attorney Kevin Suh said in an 18-page report. ``Based on the statements of the witnesses and the physical evidence, it is the conclusion of the District Attorney that Officer Reyes acted in self-defense or lawful defense of others when he fatally shot Mario Lopez,'' Suh wrote in the report. The Oct. 31 shooting occurred in the 4500 block of Barnard Street at a Simi Valley home where Reyes was living. Angie Valencia-Martinez, (805) 583-7604 angie.valencia(at)dailynews.com |
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