First teen suspect in fatal Calif. police shooting charged as adult
LOS ANGELES -- A 16-year-old has been charged as an adult with murder in the shooting death of a Southern California police officer.
The teen, Abel Diaz, was charged Friday in the death of Downey police officer Ricardo "Ricky" Galvez, who fell victim to what investigators characterized as a botched robbery.
Diaz was expected to have an attorney appointed to his case Friday. He faces life in prison if convicted.
Two other men arrested in Galvez's killing are expected to be charged Monday. Their names haven't been released.
The 29-year-old Galvez was in plainclothes in the driver's seat of his personal car at the end of his shift Wednesday night when he was shot. The former Marine, a five-year veteran of the police department, died in his car.