June 1 (UPI) — Two Southern California police officers were shot Saturday night, one fatally, after a gunfight ensued with a suspect who ambushed them after allegedly shooting and killing a man, police reported.
The officer who was killed was identified as Officer Samuel Rivero, according to a statement from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
The incident happened just after 7:10 p.m. EDT in the Los Angeles County city of Baldwin Park after the officers responded to reports of a man shooting a rifle in a residential area, a Sunday statement from the city of Baldwin park said.
The statement said the suspect opened fire on the officers with no warning as they arrived on the scene, hitting them both. Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert G. Luna called the incident a “double homicide,” and said the other deceased person was an adult male…