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MONTEREY PARK -- An Alhambra woman who went missing in Alhambra Friday was found dead at a Monterey Park motel Saturday in what was initially believed to be a suicide, authorities said.
Alhambra police sought the public's help Saturday in finding 44-year-old Benita Nunez after she left home and didn't return shortly after 6 p.m. Friday.
Family members told investigators they were worried because Nunez was distraught and possibly suicidal, Alhambra police Lt. Jennifer Wiese said.
Nunez's body was discovered about noon Saturday inside a room at the Garfield Inn in the 2200 block of South Garfield Avenue in Monterey Park, Los Angeles County Department of Coroner Lt. Cheryl MacWillie said.
The death was initially reported as an apparent suicide, however an autopsy was pending, she said.
Those dealing with suicidal feelings are encouraged to call the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health's 24-hour suicide prevention hotline at 800-854-7771.
ROY, UTAH -- Utah police looking into the case of a missing San Gabriel man unearthed a body Thursday from a property where they've been digging for four days, however it was not clear if it belonged to the missing man, authorities said.
Further details about the body would not be available until an autopsy is performed by coroner's officials, Layton police Lt. Garret Atkin said.
Police made the grisly find while investigating the disappearance of then-25-year-old Victor Flores of San Gabriel, who headed to Utah from his Southern California home in May for a job, according to Layton and San Gabriel police. He was last seen May 9.
An autopsy was scheduled to be performed Saturday, Atkin said, however results would likely not be available until early next week.
It was unclear what, if any, other evidence was found with the body.
MONTEREY PARK -- Homicide detectives arrested a man Sunday on suspicion of killing his pregnant wife in their Monterey Park home.
Hongxin Liu, 41, was booked on suspicion of the murder of 39-year-old Chenyan Bao, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Capt. Mike Parker said in a written statement.
"Suspect Liu was involved in a domestic violence altercation with his wife," Parker said. "Bao ultimately died as a result of her injuries."
Bao was pronounced dead shortly after 7:10 a.m. at the couple's house in the 1000 block of South Ynez Avenue, Los Angeles County coroner investigator Jerry McKibben said.
Firefighter-paramedics responded to a report that Bao was unconscious, and ultimately pronounced her dead, Monterey Park police Lt. Scott Wiese said. Rescuers summoned police to investigate.
"When the coroner investigator arrived, she found suspicious marks on the victim," according to the sheriff's statement. "The victim was also believed to be three months pregnant."
Detectives at first detained Liu for questioning, but ultimately arrested him on suspicion of killing his wife shortly before 3 p.m., Parker said.
"The exact cause of death is unknown at this time," Parker added. Coroner's investigators will perform an autopsy to determine how Bao died.
The couple had a 2-year-old daughter who was placed into the custody of the county Department of Children and Family Services, officials said.
As is standard procedure for homicide cases or suspicious death investigation Monterey Park, detectives from the Sheriff's Homicide Bureau are assisting Monterey Park police in the investigation.
According to county booking records, Liu was being held in lieu of of $1 million bail at the Monterey Park Police Department's jail pending an arraignment hearing Wednesday in Alhambra Superior Court.
Anyone with information is asked to call sheriff's homicide detectives at 323-890-5500, or tips can be left anonymously by calling L.A. Crime Stoppers at 800-222-88477.
MONTEREY PARK -- The investigation continues into the fatal police shooting of a 22-year-old Chino Hills man who threatened an officer with a large pipe bender outside a fast-food restaurant.
Steve Rodriguez was pronounced dead at a hospital shortly after he was shot by two officers about 9:30 a.m. Monday outside a Carl's Jr. restaurant along Avenida Cesar Chavez. The incident was captured on a cell phone camera by a witness who then posted the video online.
Though the video of the shooting has gone viral on the Internet, Monterey Park police and Los Angeles County Sheriff's officials continued to withhold the names of the involved officers Thursday. The two involved officers were described as 12-year and 3-year veterans of the Monterey Park Police Department.
"We're not, at this point, releasing those names," Monterey Park Police Chief Jim Smith said.
Officials added that the names would likely be disclosed in the over the next few days.
The Sheriff's Homicide Bureau is spearheading the investigation into the shooting.
"Everything right now is new," Smith said. "It's under investigation by the sheriff's (department) and DA's office, which is the normal protocol with us. We'll continue to follow the investigation. And its a tough thing for the officers, for the family, for the witnesses... for everyone involved."
Also withheld by authorities Thursday was the coroner's report in the case.
An autopsy had been carried out on Rodriguez's body Thursday, however sheriff's investigators had placed a security hold on the findings, barring coroner's officials from releasing information on the case, Los Angeles County Department of Coroner Assistant Chief of Operations Ed Winter said.
Because of the security hold, information such as how many times Rodriguez was shot or where the two electrified Taser probed ultimately landed were not available.
Chief Smith declined to comment on the shooting itself.
"It would be inappropriate for me to comment on it at this time," he said. "I need to let the investigators to do their job."
Family members of Rodriguez, as well as the sheriff's detective handling the case, could not be reached for comment Thursday.
The officers involved in the shooting have been placed on paid administrative leave and offered psychological counseling, as is the policy for any officer involved in a shooting, Monterey Park police Capt. Eugene Harris said. They remained on leave Thursday.
"We expect them back to work if not next week, the following week," he added. The amount of time an officer takes for leave after being involved in a shooting varies on a case-by-case basis, but is generally at least three days.
While the digital age has changed law enforcement a great deal in recent years and decades, Harris said the fact that many citizens are now carrying with them cell phones capable of doubling as video cameras makes no difference.
In fact, Harris said, the Monterey Park Police Department has gone "above and beyond" when it comes to using technology to ensure transparency in police work.
Every patrol car is equipped with a video camera, and all officers carry audio recorders, he said.
"Any citizen contact is recorded," Harris said.
The presence of a civilian camera does not alter police behavior, he added.
"We teach people to perform as if you're always being watched, taped or video recorded," he said.
Officers encountered Rodriguez after responding to reports that he was using the heavy tool to smash windows at the restaurant, officials said.
In the video, an officer fires five gunshots at Rodriguez as he advances on the other officer while raising the tool over his head as if preparing to deliver a blow.
Rodriguez stumbles and turns his back to the officers, obscuring the camera's view of him behind a parked car, before second group of five shots is heard.
The man who shot the video, who asked that his name be withheld due to privacy concerns, said he had mixed feelings about what he witnessed.
"I believe it was the correct response to take action and fire those first shots," he said. "But while his back was turned to the officer, he paused and made another five shots. That was uncalled for."
"In my opinion, somebody got shot and that was justified," the witness added. "But somebody dying, that was not justified."
"I'm not a cop, I don't know what they go through. I'm sure it's completely different mentally going through that. But as a police officer, to me, there job is to set an example and be, honestly, perfect in everything they do. They're seen as the higher authority."
Rocky Warren, a retired longtime Placer County Sheriff's Deputy, consultant, instructor, author and sought-after expert witness in court cases involving police uses of force, reviewed the video and offered his thoughts.
"One of the worst failures of law enforcement is not educating the public about use of force," Warren said.
Warren himself is no stranger to officer-involved shootings. In 1982, he became one of only four police officers in the nation to shoot a gun from a suspect's hand on orders in the City of Lincoln.
Warren pointed out that the quality and angle of the video left many factors unknown.
He said, however, that after studying the amateur video of the shooting, "I don't see anything that causes me to believe it's unreasonable," Warren said.
To determine whether a police shooting is justified or not, he said, "The legal standard is: given the facts and circumstances known to the officer at the time, was the use of force reasonable? If the answer is yes, then the shooting was justified."
Public response to officer-involved shootings is often colored by the "Hollywood Effect," Warren said.
"People think that people are shot and fall down," he said. In reality, suspects often are not pacified until shot multiple times.
"People don't understand the threat level," Warren added.
An average citizen may see a person armed with a weapon such as a knife or club standing about 8 feet away from someone and not perceive an imminent threat of serious injury or death, Warren said.
"With my training, I realize your possibility of being killed is good," he said.
Police are trained to understand how fast people can cover ground compared with an officer's reaction time, he explained.
It appeared from the poor quality video that the first five shots were fired by an officer in defense of his partner, who was being threatened by Rodriguez, Warren said.
Because of the limited view of the camera and the fact that Rodriguez went behind a parked car after the first volley of gunfire, "You can't know why that second volley was fired."
Warren said officers are trained to meet deadly force with deadly force. In the past, for instance, officers have died trying to disarm an opponent with their batons rather than shooting them, he added.
"We've literally had many officers killed when they used non-lethal force in a lethal force situation."
MONTEREY PARK -- The fatal police shooting of a man who lunged at a police officer with a metal bar Monday was caught on amateur video.
Steve Rodriguez, 22, was pronounced dead at a hospital shortly after the shooting, Los Angeles County Department of Coroner's Chief of Operations Craig Harvey said. His city of residency was not known Tuesday.
The shooting took place about 9:30 a.m. Monday in the parking lot of a Carl's Jr. restaurant in the 1200 block of Avenida Cesar Chavez, where Rodriguez was reportedly smashing out windows with a three-foot-long metal bar.
Monterey Park police officers responded to reports about the man's window-smashing, sheriff's officials said.
The video shows Rodriguez exit the eatery with a metal bar, when he was immediately confronted by two police officers, who who were not identified Tuesday. One of the officers held a Taser, the other pointed a pistol in his right hand and held a police dog's leash in the other.
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Rodriguez then turned toward the officer who fired the Taser and began approaching him while grasping the metal bar in a baseball bat grip, the video shows.
The officer who shot at Rodriguez with the Taser appeared to be struggling to remove his pistol from its holster as the second officer opened fire, the video shows.
After a volley of five shots in rapid succession, Rodriguez stumbled back, dropped the metal bar and turned his back to the officers, though he remained on his feet. The officer then fired a second volley of five shots, causing Rodriguez to fall to the ground.
The camera's view of Rodriguez is obscured during the second round of gunfire by a parked car.
The man who shot the cell phone video, who asked that his name be withheld due to privacy concerns, said he was planning on removing the video from the Internet once he learned the man who was shot had died, but changed his mind after seeing "a falsified report," in the news.
He said he read a news story in which, "a female officer described that the suspect swung (the metal bar) twice."
The cameraman said his footage, as well as his memory, told a different story. While Rodriguez took an aggressive stance toward an officer and drew back as though he was about to strike him, he said, there was no swing.
While the amateur video is an important piece of evidence, Lt. Eddie Hernandez of the Sheriff's Homicide Bureau said there is a great deal of additional evidence to be considered.
"Keep in mind, the video that was posted on YouTube, it's a very narrow prism," the lieutenant said. "The investigation is in its infancy right now."
Investigators will also review videos of the incident that have not been released to the public, Hernandez said, including security camera footage from inside the restaurant, footage from neighboring businesses and footage from cameras mounted in Monterey Park police patrol cars.
Detectives were also continuing Tuesday to interview about 25 witnesses, Hernandez said.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is assisting in the investigation, as is common in officer-involved shootings involving Los Angeles County police agencies.
Hernandez did not know the status of the officers involved in the shooting. Monterey Park police declined to comment on the identity or status of the officers.
Hernandez described the metal bar Rodriguez had been clutching as a "pipe bender" -- a tool used by electricians to bend electrical conduits.
Investigators continued piecing together the events that led up to the shooting, Hernandez said.
Witnesses reported the suspect was not yelling or speaking to anyone as he smashed the windows inside the restaurant, and his motive in the alleged vandalism was unknown.
"In the beginning, he was very nonchalantly breaking windows," said the amateur cameraman.
Once police arrived and confronted Rodriguez, "They were telling him to put his hands up," he said. "He brushed them off as they were shouting orders at him. He got Tasered in the face. He didn't even react to it."
The cameraman added that even after the shooting, he didn't immediately realize what had taken place. Until getting home and seeing news coverage of the incident, "I was really convinced that they were rubber pellets that were shot at him," he said.
The officers involved did not recognize Rodriguez from any previous encounters, Hernandez added.
The only Los Angeles County Superior Court case listed in a county database against a person by Rodriguez's name and birthdate was a drunken driving case filed Dec. 28 in Alhambra Superior Court. The case stemmed from an Oct. 30 arrest in Alhambra. Further details on the case were not available.
No drugs were found on Rodriguez's person, Hernandez said. An autopsy will determined whether any substances were in his system at the time of the incident.
Once sheriff's officials, police, Los Angeles County District Attorney's officials and the County of Los Angeles Office of Independent Review have completed their investigations, the information will be turned over to the district attorney's office for review.
MONTEREY PARK -- Investigators jailed three men and a woman late Friday in connection with the robbery of two women the previous night, authorities said.
Roger Egoavil, 25, of Alhambra and Isaac Rivera, 23, of Fontana, both parolees, were booked on suspicion of robbery, Monterey Park police Lt. Tina Montoya said. Danny Egoavil, 23, of Alhambra was booked on suspicion of aiding and abetting and Ruth Rivera, 21, of Alhambra was booked on suspicion of criminal conspiracy.
The relationship between the suspects was not clear Saturday.
Roger Egoavil and Isaac Rivera are accused of approaching two women as they walked at McPherrin and Avondale avenues about 10 p.m. Thursday and robbing them of their purses, police said.
Sgt. Frank Duke said detectives identified suspects in the case, though he declined to say exactly how. After carrying out surveillance operations throughout the San Gabriel Valley, police rounded up and arrested the four suspects Friday and early Saturday.
According to county booking records, Roger Egoavil and Isaac Rivera were being held without bail. Danny Egoavil was being held in lieu of $20,000 bail and Ruth Rivera was being held in lieu of $100,000 bail.
All four were due for arraignment Wednesday in Alhambra Superior Court.\
HACIENDA HEIGHTS -- A 60-year-old man who interrupted two burglars breaking into his vehicle was kidnapped then later abandoned by his captors Friday night, deputies said.
The incident happened at 6:40 p.m. in the 16300 block of Rochlen Street.
Sheriff's Lt. Victor Sotelo said it looks like the resident walked out of the house and saw the car burglary.
"He started fighting, yelling," Sotelo said.
The yelling drew the attention of a neighbor who came out of his house. Sotelo said the suspects then shoved the 60-year-old into their van and took off.
"They dropped him off at Garfield Avenue and the 60 Freeway in Monterey Park," Sotelo said.
He added the victim used a payphone to call his family. Deputies were still at the Rochlen Street house when the man called relatives.
The only description given so far for the suspects are two Latinos in a tan van.
- Ruby Gonzales
MONTEREY PARK -- A burglar broke into a house and took jewelry worth $10,000 and a purse valued at $1,800 on Friday.
The thief pried open a window to get inside the house in the 1500 block of Grandridge Avenue, according to Monterey Park Lt. Eric Kim.
Kim said the residents left the house about 12:45 p.m. and discovered the break-in when they returned at 5:30 p.m.
- Ruby Gonzales
MONTEREY PARK - An armed man wearing a green beanie robbed an ice cream store and its customers Wednesday night.
Police said no one was injured during the 9:26 p.m. robbery at the Baskin Robbins, 2084 S. Atlantic Blvd.
Monterey Park police Lt. Jess Alvarado said there were four customers at the shop when the gunman walked in.
"He took all their wallets and money from the business then he ran out the door," Alvarado said.
The robber left in a small gold-colored Toyota Corolla station wagon driven by an accomplice.
While there was no description of the getaway driver, the robber was described as a Latino, 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighing 175 pounds. He wore a black sweater, a beanie and carried a handgun.
- Ruby Gonzales
MONTEREY PARK -- The body of a 21-year-old Montebello man was found floating in a swimming pool at East Los Angeles City College Thursday, officials said.
Paramedics pronounced Luis Alberto-Marques Carranza dead at 8:28 a.m., shortly after a water polo coach discovered him floating in the pool at the campus, 1301 Avenida Cesar Chavez, Los Angeles County Department of Coroner's Assistant Chief of Operations Ed Winter said.
The death was initially reported as a "possible accident," however an autopsy was pending, Winter said.
The college deferred all questions to the campus' sheriff's station, where a cadet said no one was available to comment Friday afternoon.
Probably not the big score this burglar was hoping for:
MONTEREY PARK -- A burglar broke into a hobby shop early Wednesday, but escaped with only a broken toy airplane and a box of defective toy parts in the felony, police said.
Police responded to a burglary alarm just after 1:20 a.m. at Banana Hobby, 602 Monterey Pass Road, Monterey Park police Sgt. Dave Elliott said. They found the door to the business was open.
Investigation revealed that a man was captured on surveillance video breaking into the store and stealing two boxes from the lobby, authorities said.
It was determined one of the boxes contained a broken toy airplane, and the other defective toy parts, the sergeant said.
A description of the burglar was not available, officials said, however detectives were using the video tape in an attempt to identify him.
MONTEREY PARK -- A burglar broke into a hobby shop early Wednesday, but escaped with only a broken toy airplane and a box of defective toy parts in the felony, police said.
Police responded to a burglary alarm just after 1:20 a.m. at Banana Hobby, 602 Monterey Pass Road, Monterey Park police Sgt. Dave Elliott said. They found the door to the business was open.
Investigation revealed that a man was captured on surveillance video breaking into the store and stealing two boxes from the lobby, authorities said.
It was determined one of the boxes contained a broken toy airplane, and the other defective toy parts, the sergeant said.
A description of the burglar was not available, officials said, however detectives were using the video tape in an attempt to identify him.
MONTEREY PARK -- Police alerted the public Tuesday about a man who broke into two apartments at senior citizens' facilities last week.The break-ins were reported Thursday afternoon at senior citizens' homes in the 200 block of North Chandler Avenue, and about a quarter-mile away in the 900 block of West Garvey Avenue, Monterey Park police Lt. Carrie Mazeline said.
The first incident was believed to have occurred between 1 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. at the Chandler Avenue residence, police said.
"The senior walked into his apartment and did not lock the door behind him," Monterey Park police said in a written statement.
"The suspect followed the victim into his home and said something to the victim in English. The victim did not speak any English but assumed the suspect wanted to check the electricity because he was pointing at the lights," according to the statement.
The victim thought the suspect looked "professional," so he allowed the man to remain inside his home, Mazeline said. He later discovered his wallet and other items missing and called police the next day.
The same burglar is believed to be responsible for a second break-in immediately after, Mazeline said.
Sometime between 1:30 p.m. and 4 p.m., a woman ran into the same man as she was leaving her home, police said.
"She had a (brief) conversation with him," Mazeline said. The woman left without giving the man permission to enter his home.
When she returned, she found her apartment broken into and item such as jewelry and other small valuable missing, Mazeline said.
In both cases, the victims primarily spoke Chinese, police said.
The same man was captured on surveillance video at the scenes of both burglaries, police said.
He was described as a white man in his mid- to late-40s, about 5-feet 8-inches tall and 175 to 190 pounds. He had black hair with some graying, and he wore a blue a white checkered shirt and blue jeans.
Anyone with information, or anyone who sees a suspicious person loitering in a senior citizens' apartment complex, is asked to call Monterey Park police at 626-573-1311.
SURVEILLANCE photo courtesy of the Monterey Park Police Department.
MONTEREY PARK -- MONTEREY PARK -- Garfield Medical Center has agreed to pay $530,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment of female employees and retaliation against those who reported it, authorities announced Wednesday.
The lawsuit, filed by 10 female current or former employees of the hospital, alleged that a male emergency room staff member harassed female co-workers between 2007 and 2009, when he was ultimately terminated, according to a statement released by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
The hospital reached the settlement and "consent decree" without admitting any wrongdoing or liability, according to court documents.
"We decided to enter into the decree in order to avoid expensive and protracted litigation and are pleased to have this matter concluded," Hospital officials said in a written statement. "The hospital's dedicated team can now move ahead without distraction as we focus on our core mission -- providing the highest quality of care to the patients we serve."
The harassment included "inappropriate touching, propositions for sex, graphic discussions of sexual activities, obscene pictures and comments regarding female body parts, including those of underage patients," the EEOC statement said.
"One employee was terminated upon reporting the harassment, while others were compelled to quit rather than endure the hostile work environment," the statement continued. "Despite complaints to hospital management, the offending employee was not terminated until 2009, more than two years after the initial complaints were lodged."
According to the hospital's statement, the hospital took issue with the EOCC's findings, but planned to comply with the terms of the settlement.
"While we disagree with the EEOC's characterization of events, we fully support and intend to comply with all of the provisions in the consent decree, many of which will be incorporated into Garfield Medical Center's existing policies and programs that address discrimination, harassment or retaliation in the workplace," according to the hospital statement.
Under the settlement, the hospital will pay $430,000 to 10 identified victims and set aside $100,000 to for payments to yet unidentified victims, according to the EEOC.
The hospital also agreed to take other measures, officials said, such as purging negative reports from the claimants personnel records and taking steps to avoid future harassment and retaliation, such as toll-free complaint hotline and training for staff members.
Hospital officials said the facility had already put some of the required measured in place prior to the settlement.
"In fact, because of the significant steps the hospital took when the claims first surfaced, the training and other programs we put in place at that time already meet or exceed many of the requirements in the consent decree," the statement said. "Furthermore, the individual involved was counseled and eventually fired.
"Our willingness to agree to the terms in the decree underscores our commitment to provide our employees, physicians, and patients with a comfortable and professional work environment that is free of discrimination," the statement added.
Garfield Medical Center employs more than 1,300 people and treats more than 50,000 patients a year.
The hospital is operated by AHMC Healthcare Inc., which also runs five other Southern California hospitals: Greater El Monte Community Hospital, Monterey Park Hospital, the San Gabriel Valley Medical Center in San Gabriel, Whittier Hospital Medical Center and Anaheim Regional Medical Center.
"In order to be productive, employees deserve a workplace free from sexual comments, repeated propositions and inappropriate touching," said Anna Park, regional attorney for the EOCC's Los Angeles District Office.
"We commend Garfield for agreeing to sweeping injunctive relief remedies to ensure this does not happen again."
The lawsuit, filed by 10 female current or former employees of the hospital, alleged that a male emergency room staff member harassed female co-workers between 2007 and 2009, when he was ultimately terminated, according to a statement released by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
The hospital reached the settlement and "consent decree" without admitting any wrongdoing or liability, according to court documents.
"We decided to enter into the decree in order to avoid expensive and protracted litigation and are pleased to have this matter concluded," Hospital officials said in a written statement. "The hospital's dedicated team can now move ahead without distraction as we focus on our core mission -- providing the highest quality of care to the patients we serve."
The harassment included "inappropriate touching, propositions for sex, graphic discussions of sexual activities, obscene pictures and comments regarding female body parts, including those of underage patients," the EEOC statement said.
"One employee was terminated upon reporting the harassment, while others were compelled to quit rather than endure the hostile work environment," the statement continued. "Despite complaints to hospital management, the offending employee was not terminated until 2009, more than two years after the initial complaints were lodged."
According to the hospital's statement, the hospital took issue with the EOCC's findings, but planned to comply with the terms of the settlement.
"While we disagree with the EEOC's characterization of events, we fully support and intend to comply with all of the provisions in the consent decree, many of which will be incorporated into Garfield Medical Center's existing policies and programs that address discrimination, harassment or retaliation in the workplace," according to the hospital statement.
Under the settlement, the hospital will pay $430,000 to 10 identified victims and set aside $100,000 to for payments to yet unidentified victims, according to the EEOC.
The hospital also agreed to take other measures, officials said, such as purging negative reports from the claimants personnel records and taking steps to avoid future harassment and retaliation, such as toll-free complaint hotline and training for staff members.
Hospital officials said the facility had already put some of the required measured in place prior to the settlement.
"In fact, because of the significant steps the hospital took when the claims first surfaced, the training and other programs we put in place at that time already meet or exceed many of the requirements in the consent decree," the statement said. "Furthermore, the individual involved was counseled and eventually fired.
"Our willingness to agree to the terms in the decree underscores our commitment to provide our employees, physicians, and patients with a comfortable and professional work environment that is free of discrimination," the statement added.
Garfield Medical Center employs more than 1,300 people and treats more than 50,000 patients a year.
The hospital is operated by AHMC Healthcare Inc., which also runs five other Southern California hospitals: Greater El Monte Community Hospital, Monterey Park Hospital, the San Gabriel Valley Medical Center in San Gabriel, Whittier Hospital Medical Center and Anaheim Regional Medical Center.
"In order to be productive, employees deserve a workplace free from sexual comments, repeated propositions and inappropriate touching," said Anna Park, regional attorney for the EOCC's Los Angeles District Office.
"We commend Garfield for agreeing to sweeping injunctive relief remedies to ensure this does not happen again."
MONTEREY PARK -- A woman died early Friday after being struck by a car near her home, police said.
Shui Lee, 78, died at the scene of the collision, Los Angeles County Department of Coroner's Assistant Chief of Operations Ed Winter said.
The crash took place about 6:30 a.m. in the 500 block of North Inez Street, Monterey Park police Lt. Tina Montoya said.
Initial reports indicate the woman, who lives in a nearby home, was walking in the street in her pajamas when she was struck by a southbound vehicle, the lieutenant said.
The driver remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators, and nothing criminal was initially suspected, Montoya said.
Detectives from the Monterey Park Police Department are investigating the crash.
Shui Lee, 78, died at the scene of the collision, Los Angeles County Department of Coroner's Assistant Chief of Operations Ed Winter said.
The crash took place about 6:30 a.m. in the 500 block of North Inez Street, Monterey Park police Lt. Tina Montoya said.
Initial reports indicate the woman, who lives in a nearby home, was walking in the street in her pajamas when she was struck by a southbound vehicle, the lieutenant said.
The driver remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators, and nothing criminal was initially suspected, Montoya said.
Detectives from the Monterey Park Police Department are investigating the crash.
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