Janet Maccani called her son Jason around Christmas 2023, and they ended their hours-long conversation with their usual sign off.
He told her he loved her to the moon and stars, and she replied that she loved him to the moon and stars, to the sun and ocean, to infinity and beyond.
It was the last time she would ever speak to him. Jason Maccani, a 36-year-old who grew up in Ventura County, was shot and killed Feb. 3, 2024, by a Los Angeles Police Department officer during a mental health crisis…