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| LAPD Questions Parole Of Cop Shooter |
| By latimes.com |
| Published: 07/20/2010 |
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The Los Angeles Police Department has asked the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to investigate how a parolee who fired nearly a dozen gunshots at two LAPD officers in the San Fernando Valley was able to gain early release and classification as a low-level offender. Javier Joseph Rueda, 28, of Panorama City was placed on "non-revocable parole" in May after serving two years of a 10-year prison sentence. On July 10, police said, he opened fire on two officers who had been pursuing him on suspicion of drunk driving. The officers — including one who was shot in the lower arm — returned fire, fatally wounding Rueda. State records show that Rueda, who police described as a Vineland Boyz gang member, was classified as a "low-level, non-violent" parolee" and therefore was not being monitored by parole agents with the corrections department. Read More. |
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