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An off-duty officer with the Los Angeles Police Department was shot and killed on Saturday in what appears to be a gang-related incident.
Officer Juan Jose Diaz was off duty when he was shot and killed.
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However, the offender soon returned accompanied by several other individuals.
One of them then reportedly opened fire, fatally striking Officer Diaz and wounding a family member.
"We mourn the tragic loss of a young officer killed in an act of senseless violence and ask for our community's support in finding his killer," Chief Michel Moore said on Twitter.
An off-duty officer with the Los Angeles Police Department was shot and killed on Saturday in what appears to be a gang-related incident.
According to KTLA-TV , 24-year-old Juan Jose Diaz was standing in line to get food at a taco stand when he spotted a man vandalizing something nearby. Diaz reportedly intervened, and the vandal left the area.
