(L.A.) Mauricio Sandoval, 46, Died From a Gunshot
Case Number: 2024-05735
Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 46-year-old Latino male that occurred in a healthcare service.
The coroner’s office has identified the man as Mauricio Sandoval.
Manner of Death: Homicide
Cause of Death: Gunshot Wound of Chest
RIP MAURICIO SANDOVAL (June 11, 1977 – April 5, 2024)
Formal pronouncement of death was made on Friday at 4:34 p.m.
The decedent was fatally shot by a California Highway Patrol officer outside the Los Cerritos Center mall.
CHP’s Southern Division Organized Retail Crime Task Force was conducting an operation at the shopping center, and three suspects were identified as being involved in criminal activity.
The suspects fled the Los Cerritos Center and two of them — a man and a woman — drove away in a vehicle and were later captured in Pico Rivera.
According to the sheriff’s department, the third suspect ran through the parking lot and produced a firearm, prompting the shooting.
Mauricio did not deserve this! I want
Evidence that he in fact pulled out a weapon in an attempt to scare or hurt anyone around him. He simply unknowingly involved himself in a criminal activity that resulted in him being chased and ultimately shot and killed by CHP officers.