COMPTON, Calif. (AP) - The Latest on the death of Los Angeles County sheriff’s sergeant on duty (all times local):
12:30 p.m.
For the second time this month the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is mourning a veteran sergeant who died on duty.
The department says Sgt. Alfonso Lopez was pronounced dead after his patrol car was found crashed into a fence in Compton.
The single-vehicle crash occurred around 5:20 a.m. Monday after Lopez responded to assist other deputies involved in a pursuit that ended up being called off due to rainy weather.
Other deputies performed CPR but the sergeant was still unconscious and unresponsive when Compton firefighters arrived.
Early this month a Palmdale station sergeant, Steve Owen, was shot to death as he answered a burglary call.
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9:30 a.m.
A Los Angeles County sheriff’s sergeant has been killed in a single-vehicle crash while responding to assist other deputies who were involved in a pursuit.
A Sheriff’s Department statement says vehicle crashed in Compton around 5:20 a.m. Monday.
Other deputies began performing CPR but the sergeant was still unconscious and unresponsive when Compton firefighters arrived.
The sergeant was transported to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The pursuit call involved a stolen-vehicle suspect.
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