Overview
- Hundreds of mourners gathered Tuesday at Calvary Chapel Chino Hills for the funeral of Los Angeles County sheriff’s Deputy Levi Vargas.
- Vargas, 30, suffered a medical emergency during the 120-mile Baker to Vegas relay for law enforcement in the Mojave Desert in March and later died at a hospital.
- Sheriff Robert Luna called him calm, kind and professional, noting he joined the department at 19 and later served at the Norwalk and San Dimas stations.
- His wife, Amanda, said they had begun planning a family and described him as a steady presence who helped her through a hard period.
- The race has run annually since 1985 with more than 270 teams, and local coverage said this was the first competitor death on record.