(L.A.) Daniel Crespo, 42, Died in a Hospital

Case Number: 2014-06691

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 42-year-old male of Latin American ethnicity that occurred in a hospital.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Daniel Crespo.

Manner of Death: Homicide

Cause of Death: Multiple Gunshot Wounds

RIP DANIEL CRESPO (August 7, 1972 – September 30, 2014)

Mayor of Bell Gardens. Shot dead by his wife Lyvette Crespo during a domestic dispute. The couple had a bad marriage.

Daniel Crespo Jr., 19, said he was being attacked by his father when his stay-at-home mother fired multiple times into the mayor’s torso.

Location of shooting: 6300 block of East Gage Avenue

The 45-year-old wife later struck a deal with the district attorney’s office: In exchange for pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter, she was offered a 90-day jail sentence and five years’ probation.

Deputy Dist. Atty. Beth Silverman told reporters that although the shooting was a crime, spousal abuse played a factor in her decision to offer Crespo a plea.