OFFICER SLAIN ON FAIRFAX.Byline: Yvette Cabrera Daily News Staff Writer A rookie police officer and a teen-ager suspected of stealing beer from a convenience store were shot to death in a gunbattle in an alley Sunday. 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 Mario Navidad, 27, died on the operating table at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a world-renowned hospital located in Los Angeles, California. History Cedars-Sinai is the result of a merger in 1961 between two major Los Angeles hospitals, Cedars of Lebanon and Mount Sinai Home for the Incurables, with Steve Broidy as following the 4:30 p.m. shootout Shootout Venture capital jargon. Refers to two or more venture capital firms fighting for the startup. on South Fairfax Avenue Fairfax Avenue is a street on north central Los Angeles, California. It runs from La Cienega Boulevard (which separates the Westside from the central part of the city) with Culver City at its southern end to Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood on its northern end. south of Olympic Boulevard Olympic Boulevard may mean:
Navidad was shot at least twice as he sat in the passenger seat of his patrol car and returned the theft suspect's gunfire, police said. A fellow officer who responded to the shooting jumped in the driver's seat driv·er's seat n. A position of control or authority. and rushed him to the hospital rather than wait for an ambulance, McBride said. ``Responding units saw he was fading quickly, so they made their decision to take him by police car,'' McBride said. ``He was still alive at the hospital, but they lost him soon after.'' The identity of the theft suspect, age 17, was not available. The teen-ager allegedly stole two six-packs of beer from a 7-Eleven in the 1000 block of South Fairfax Avenue, according to police. Navidad, assigned to the Wilshire Division, leaves a wife and two children, ages 4 years and 5 months, McBride said. He joined the force less than two years ago, and had been working the streets for less than a year, McBride said. Navidad and his partner were driving north on South Fairfax Avenue when they stopped to check out a commotion outside the 7-Eleven, police said. A clerk pointed them in the direction that the suspect had fled - to an alley west of the convenience store, police said. Navidad's partner drove into the alley, where the officers spotted the teen-ager carrying beer, McBride said. Shifting a six-pack under an arm, the teen reached inside a pocket, pulled out a gun and fired at the officers, who were still inside the car, McBride said. Navidad returned fire. His partner scurried out of the patrol car and shot back from behind the rear of the vehicle, McBride said. The partner was not injured. Police Chief Willie L. Williams Willie L. Williams (born 1 October, 1943) was chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) from 1992 to 1997, taking over after chief Daryl Gates' resignation following the 1992 Los Angeles riots. was at the scene Sunday night. The shooting was the second involving a Los Angeles police officer in as many weeks. Rookie Officer Jay Cicinelli, 24, was shot five times during a traffic stop Dec. 14. His condition was upgraded to good Sunday at St. Francis Medical Center St. Francis Medical Center may refer to:
Cicinelli suffered a bullet wound to the face and may lose his left eye, said Police Department spokesman Lt. Anthony Alba. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Mario Navidad Shot at least twice |
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