As a result of their guilty pleas, each defendant faces up to life in federal prison.
Suspects charged in connection with the killing of LAPD Officer Fernando Arroyos are Ernesto Cisneros, left, Luis Rios, Jesse Contreras and Haylee Grisham. each pleaded guilty in July 2023
Los Angeles police Officer Fernando Arroyos was killed Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, during a robbery in South Los Angeles. Three gang members and an associate have been charged in his death. Arroyos sustained a single gunshot wound, ran from the area and collapsed in an alley as the two defendants left the scene in the truck.
Investigators later determined the wounded man was Cisneros, who had sustained the gunshot during the shootout with Arroyos. Contreras was also found in the area hiding inside the garage of his residence in the 5900 block of Junction Street, where a second handgun was retrieved.Rios and Contreras further admitted in their plea agreements to committing armed robberies against two victims outside a bar in the Florence-Firestone area earlier the same day.
“A young man who had achieved great success and returned to serve his community as a Los Angeles Police officer was murdered while shopping for a home in the city he took an oath to protect. These senseless tragedies are repeated too often. Our work in this case sends a message that we will aggressively prosecute violence against our community.”
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