Federal prosecutors charge alleged gang members with killing off-duty LAPD officer

Los Angeles police officers bow their heads in prayer Wednesday outside the Olympic station to honor Officer Fernando Arroyos, who was shot and killed during an armed robbery Monday. Rios told L.A. County sheriff’s investigators in an interview that the group was driving around looking to “make money” — a term for robberies — when they came upon the couple, according to the affidavit. She then heard several shots, according to the affidavit, and when Cisneros got back in the truck he had an injury and said “he had a broken leg.” Sheriff’s Capt. Asked at the Thursday night news conference whether the Sheriff’s Department had consulted with Gascón’s office, Villanueva said yes and called the county prosecutors’ response “not satisfactory.” “I believe their plan was to just prosecute a simple murder with no gun enhancements, no gang enhancements, nothing,” the sheriff said. “So, I asked him where he went to school, and he, being humble, says ‘LAUSD.’ And I reply, ‘Which college?’ and he says, ‘Cal Berkeley.’” Arroyos was a devout Christian who grew up in a household with his mother, grandmother and stepfather, attended 42nd Street Elementary School and Audubon Middle School before graduating from Crenshaw High and heading to Berkeley, where he earned a degree in legal studies, Ingram said.