Long Beach, California: Cop Eddie F. Gonzalez Arrested for Murder After Shooting Unarmed Teen in Head Over School Fight

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WATCH: Teen Left Brain-Dead After Cop Shot Her in the Head Over a Fight at School

1 October 2021

The family of Mona Rodriguez is grieving today after their 18-year-old daughter was shot in the head by a Long Beach Unified School District police officer. Rodriguez, who was unarmed and presenting no threat to the cop who shot her, is currently on life support, brain-dead and is not expected to survive. On Wednesday, dozens of family members gathered outside Long Beach Memorial Medical Center with candles and called for justice as the begged the hospital not to take Rodriguez off life support. Oscar Rodriguez told the Long Beach post the hospital intended to take his sister off life support ...

WATCH: Teen Left Brain-Dead After Cop Shot Her in the Head Over a Fight at School

A teenage girl was shot in the head by a school cop over an alleged fight with another girl, she is brain dead and is not expected to survive.

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‘A bunch of red flags’; school safety officer who shot 18-year-old briefly worked as police officer

5 October 2021

A Long Beach school safety officer who shot a teenager in the head last week previously served short stints as a police officer for at least two different agencies before he joined the Long Beach Unified School District this year, records show. Eddie F. Gonzalez served just a few months each as a police officer in the cities of Los Alamitos and Sierra Madre before coming to work for the school district—an odd career trajectory, according to former and current law-enforcement officials, but one that didn’t disqualify him from the job, according to the LBUSD. Now, however, his job history ...

'A bunch of red flags'; school safety officer who shot 18-year-old briefly worked as police officer • Long Beach Post News

He worked short stints as a police officer in Los Alamitos and Sierra Madre shortly before becoming a Long Beach Unified school safety officer.

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Long Beach Unified fires school safety officer who fatally shot 18-year-old woman

6 October 2021

The Long Beach Unified School District has fired the school safety officer who fatally shot an 18-year-old woman near Millikan High School last week in an incident that has sparked headlines nationwide and drawn sharp outcry from civil rights groups. In a news conference at Long Beach Unified headquarters, Superintendent Jill Baker said the school board’s unanimous decision to fire officer Eddie F. Gonzalez Wednesday was “the right thing to do.” “We clearly saw areas where the employee violated district policy,” Baker said, pointing out that safety officers are instructed to use deadly force only as a last resort. Before ...

Long Beach Unified fires school safety officer who fatally shot 18-year-old woman • Long Beach Post News

The school board's unanimous decision to fire the officer days after the shooting was “the right thing to do," Superintendent Jill Baker said.

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Long Beach school district officials fire safety officer after internal review of shooting

6 October 2021

The Long Beach Unified School District Board of Education has unanimously voted to fire the safety officer who opened fire last month on a moving car filled with young people, killing a female passenger. The officer, Eddie F. Gonzalez, was terminated during a closed-session vote Wednesday. During a news conference, Supt. Jill Baker said that officials believed the officer had violated the district’s use-of-force policy, which states that officers shall not fire at a moving vehicle and may fire through a vehicle window only “as a final means of defense.” “We believe the decision to terminate this officer’s employment is ...

Long Beach school district officials fire safety officer after internal review of shooting

The Long Beach Unified School District Board of Education has unanimously voted to fire the safety officer who opened fire last month on a moving car filled with young people, killing a female passenger.

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Family Demands Murder Charges for ‘School Safety Officer’ Who Shot Long Beach Teen

6 October 2021

The family of Mona Rodriguez is demanding criminal charges be levied against a school safety officer who fired into a moving car outside a high school in Long Beach, California, shooting the 18-year-old and leaving her brain dead. On Tuesday morning, the family held a press conference in front of LA County District Attorney George Gascón’s office at the Hall of Justice. One of the victim’s brothers, Omar Rodriguez, told reporters, “My sister’s rights were violated. Her life was taken. You tell me that was just? I say no. I say my sister was murdered.” Another brother, Oscar Rodriguez, led ...

Family Demands Murder Charges for 'School Safety Officer' Who Shot Long Beach Teen

“The shooting was totally unjustified. This was beyond atrocious. This was a crime,” says lawyer

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Long Beach school officer fired after fatally shooting 18-year-old mom

7 October 2021

The Long Beach Unified School District on Wednesday fired the school safety officer who fatally shot an 18-year-old woman near Millikan High School last week. "After our internal review, we clearly saw areas where the employee violated district policy and did not meet our standards and expectations," Superintendent Jill Baker said during a late-afternoon news conference regarding the decision to fire officer Eddie F. Gonzalez. "We believe the decision to terminate this officer's employment is warranted, justified, and quite frankly, the right thing to do," Baker said. The school board voted unanimously, 5-0, to fire Gonzalez. On the afternoon of ...

Long Beach school officer fired after fatally shooting 18-year-old mom

The school safety officer who fatally shot an 18-year-old woman in Long Beach has been fired, officials announced Wednesday.

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Shooting of California teen by school safety officer is now a homicide investigation, police say

7 October 2021

The shooting of a California teenager by a school safety officer is now a homicide investigation, police said Thursday. Manuela “Mona” Rodriguez, 18, was taken off life support on Tuesday, more than a week after officials said Long Beach Unified School District safety Officer Eddie F. Gonzalez fired at a car she was in. "In light of this news, detectives are now investigating this matter as a homicide," the Long Beach Police Department said in a statement. Gonzalez, who has not been charged in connection with the Sept. 27 incident, was initially placed on leave but has since been fired ...

Shooting of teen by school safety officer now a homicide investigation, police say

Manuela "Mona" Rodriguez, 18, was taken off life support. "In light of this news, detectives are now investigating this matter as a homicide," Long Beach police said Thursday.

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Long Beach school security officer fired after killing 18-year-old

7 October 2021

A Long Beach school security officer was fired Wednesday, a week after he fatally shot an 18-year-old woman a block from campus. Eddie F. Gonzalez had been on leave since the Sept. 27 shooting near Millikan High School. Mona Rodriguez died after being shot in the head when Gonzalez opened fire on a moving car in a parking lot. Gonzalez had gone off campus to break up a fight between Rodriguez and a 15-year-old Millikan student shortly after school let out. When the woman got into a car to leave the scene, Gonzalez approached the passenger side of the vehicle. ...

Long Beach school security officer fired after killing 18-year-old

A video of the incident, posted on social media, shows him fire two shots as the car begins to pull away.

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Long Beach Unified Fires School Safety Officer Who Fatally Shot Young Woman

7 October 2021

The Long Beach Unified School District has fired a school safety officer involved in the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old woman. The decision came down days after school safety officer Eddie Gonzalez opened fire on Mona Rodriguez near Millikan High School, hitting her in the head and leaving her brain dead. Her family recently took her off life support. Detectives are now investigating the case as a homicide. The Long Beach Police Department is conducting a criminal investigation and is sharing information with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office for their independent review, according to the LBPD. Investigators say ...

Long Beach Unified Fires School Safety Officer Who Fatally Shot Young Woman

School safety officer Eddie Gonzalez was put on administrative leave before he was fired, though he has not yet been criminally charged.

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School Cop Who Shot Teen Is Fired as Police Open Homicide Probe

7 October 2021

The day after 18-year-old Mona Rodriguez—who was shot by a Southern California school safety officer last week—was taken off life support, the Long Beach Police Department announced that it is investigating the incident as a homicide. “Yesterday, Oct. 6, 2021, Manuela ‘Mona’ Rodriguez, who was struck in the upper body in a shooting incident on Sep. 27, 2021, succumbed to her injuries,” the department said in a statement released Thursday. “In light of this news, detectives are now investigating this matter as a homicide.” A Long Beach PD spokesman confirmed to The Daily Beast that an investigation is underway, but ...

School Cop Who Shot Teen Is Fired as Police Open Homicide Probe

The family of 18-year-old Mona Rodriguez is “thankful” the officer’s employment has been terminated, but want to see him arrested and charged.

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A school safety officer shot a fleeing teen. He has been fired and police have opened a homicide investigation

8 October 2021

Mona Rodriguez was fighting with a 15-year-old girl one afternoon late last month about a block from a Long Beach, Calif., high school when a police officer who was driving by stopped and tried to break up the scrap by threatening to pepper-spray them. The de-escalation tactic worked. The two stopped. Then, Rodriguez got into the front passenger seat of a gray car driven by her boyfriend. Bystander video shows the school safety officer, Eddie F. Gonzalez, put his hands on the passenger side and shouted “Hey!” while the four-door sedan peeled out. As the car passed him, Gonzalez fired ...

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Teen Shot by School Safety Officer Dies after Being Taken off Life Support; Police Investigate Case as ‘Homicide’

8 October 2021

Police in Long Beach, California, have opened a homicide investigation into a school safety officer’s shooting of a teenager who died after her family took her off life support. Mona Rodriguez, 18, died eight days after being shot in the head on Sept. 27 by Eddie F. Gonzalez, who at the time was a school safety officer with the Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD). Shortly before 3:15 p.m., Rodriguez had been involved in a fight with a 15-year-old girl in a parking lot near Millikan High School, the Long Beach Post reported. Gonzalez intervened. Rodriguez entered the front passenger ...

Teen Shot by School Safety Officer Dies after Being Taken off Life Support; Police Investigate Case as 'Homicide'

Police in Long Beach, Calf., are investigating the shooting death of teen Mona Rodriguez by school safety officer Eddie Gonzalez as a homicide.

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Cop Arrested for Murder After Shooting Unarmed Teen in Head Over School Fight on Video

28 October 2021

The family of Mona Rodriguez was shocked and heartbroken last month after their 18-year-old daughter was shot in the head by a Long Beach Unified School District police officer. Rodriguez, who was unarmed and presenting no threat to the cop who shot her, was kept on life support for several days after the shooting until she passed away days later on October 5. The shooting was captured on video and was apparently so over the top that the cop who shot her, Long Beach school safety officer Eddie F. Gonzalez, 51, has been charged with first-degree murder. “I just want ...

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Ex-Long Beach school safety officer charged with murder in fatal shooting of Mona Rodriguez

27 October 2021

A murder charge was filed Wednesday against a former Long Beach school safety officer who shot an unarmed 18-year-old in the head near a high school last month, prosecutors said. The decision came less than a year after Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón swept into office on a criminal justice platform that included a vow to aggressively pursue law enforcement officers who use excessive force. The school safety officer, Eddie F. Gonzalez, 51, fired into a fleeing vehicle in late September after a fight between Manuela “Mona” Rodriguez and an unidentified 15-year-old girl one block from Millikan High ...

Ex-Long Beach school safety officer charged with murder in fatal shooting of Mona Rodriguez

Long Beach school safety officer Eddie F. Gonzalez charged with murder in the shooting death of Mona Rodriguez.

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Long Beach school officer who fatally shot 18-year-old woman charged with murder

27 October 2021

The school safety officer who fatally shot an 18-year-old woman in Long Beach a month ago was charged with murder on Wednesday, Oct. 27, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said. Manuela “Mona” Rodriguez of Long Beach was shot in the head by the safety officer, Eddie F. Gonzalez, on the afternoon of Sept. 27 about a block from Millikan High School, authorities said. On Wednesday, Gonzalez, 51, was arrested by homicide detectives, Long Beach police Chief Robert Luna said, and being held at the Long Beach City Jail on $2 million bail. Gonzalez was charged with murder, with ...

Long Beach school officer who fatally shot 18-year-old woman charged with murder

Manuela “Mona” Rodriguez, of Long Beach was shot in the head by the safety officer, Eddie F. Gonzalez, on the afternoon of Sept. 27 about a block from Millikan High School, authorities …

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California School Safety Officer Charged with Murder in Shooting Death of Teen Girl

28 October 2021

The California school safety officer who allegedly shot and killed a teenager in a car leaving the scene of a fight has been charged with murder. Eddie F. Gonzalez, 51, was arrested “without incident” on Wednesday, and charged with the murder of 18-year-old Manuela “Mona” Rodriguez, Long Beach police announced in a statement. The investigation is ongoing, the statement said. Gonzalez is being held on $2 million bail, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department records show. On Sept. 27, Gonzalez had intervened in a fight between Rodriguez and a 15-year-old girl in a parking lot near Millikan High School. After the ...

California School Safety Officer Charged with Murder in Shooting Death of Teen Girl

Eddie Gonzalez, a former California school safety officer who allegedly shot and killed Manuela "Mona" Rodriguez, 18, has been charged with murder.

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Mother Sues After Cop Shot Her Daughter in the Head, Killing Her Over a Fight at School

12 December 2021

The family of Mona Rodriguez was shocked and heartbroken in September after learning their 18-year-old daughter was shot in the head by a Long Beach Unified School District police officer. Rodriguez, who was unarmed and presenting no threat to the cop who shot her, was kept on life support for several days after the shooting until she was taken off life support on October 5 and her organs donated. The shooting was captured on video and was apparently so over the top that the cop who shot her, Long Beach school safety officer Eddie F. Gonzalez, 51, was immediately fired ...

Mother Sues After Cop Shot Her Daughter in the Head, Killing Her Over a Fight at School

A mother is taking action after a school cop shot her daughter in the head as she ran away unarmed from a school fight.

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