Location

February 20, 2017

Whittier, California

Participants

Incident Characteristics

• Shot - Wounded/Injured
• Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
• Officer Involved Incident
• Officer Involved Shooting - Officer shot
• Officer Involved Shooting - Officer killed
• Officer Involved Shooting - subject/suspect/perpetrator shot
• Shootout (where VENN diagram of shooters and victims overlap)
• Gang involvement
• Under the influence of alcohol or drugs (only applies to the subject/suspect/perpetrator )
• Possession of gun by felon or prohibited person
• Assault weapon (AR-15, AK-47, and ALL variants defined by law enforcement)

Notes

Police shootout with gang member. Earlier shooting at 1430 Volney City Terrace where Roy Torres was killed by suspect; 33.961933, -118.002030 ;

Guns Involved

2 guns involved.

• Type: 223 Rem [AR-15]

• Type: Handgun

Sources

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• URL: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-whittier-police-shooting-20170220-story.html

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• URL: http://ktla.com/2017/02/20/3-shot-including-2-police-officers-during-shooting-in-whittier-sheriffs-dept/

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• URL: http://abc7.com/news/2-whittier-police-officers-suspect-hurt-in-officer-involved-shooting/1763550/

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• URL: http://fox5sandiego.com/2017/02/20/3-people-shot-including-2-police-officers-in-whittier/

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• URL: https://www.theeastsiderla.com/2017/02/sheriff-investigating-east-l-a-homicide/

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• URL: http://www.odmp.org/officer/23122-police-officer-keith-boyer

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• URL: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Gang-Member-Says-He-Smoked-Whittier-Police-Officer-Cousin-In--430209583.html

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• URL: http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/general-news/20170707/accused-killer-of-whittier-police-officer-appears-in-court-but-arraignment-continued

District

Congressional District: 38
State Senate District: 32
State House District: 57