By Suzie Ziegler
LOS ANGELES — An off-duty LAPD officer who was killed Monday during an attempted armed robbery had been enjoying his day off by house-hunting with his girlfriend, CNN reported.
Police Chief Michel Moore mourned the loss, saying Officer Fernando Arroyos, 27, “was starting a very promising career.”
“He found himself, after working a series of days in patrol, to have a day off, enjoying it with his girlfriend on a hunt for a house, a place to live, a place to buy and invest in this city and the future of this region,” Moore told CNN.
According to police, the couple was crossing the street to look at a home when three men got out of a pickup truck and tried to rob Arroyos.
“The officer yelled to his girlfriend to leave, to run, go back to the car,” Moore told CNN. Shots were fired and Arroyos was hit. His girlfriend assisted him until deputies arrived to take Arroyos to the hospital, where he died.
Five people have been detained in connection with the shooting, but none were immediately charged, according to the report. The investigation is ongoing.