Overview
- A candlelight vigil outside the Alhambra Police Department on Tuesday night drew hundreds of residents and officers to remember the 28-year-old officer.
- Officer Alec Sanders died Nov. 20 when his cruiser collided with a reportedly stolen Hyundai at Valley Boulevard and Edgewood Drive as he moved to join an ongoing pursuit.
- Passenger Gabriela Moreno, 42, was ejected and died at the scene, and a 52-year-old man in the SUV suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
- Driver Steven Ara Zapata, 27, of El Monte, was hospitalized and charged with two counts of murder, two counts of fleeing a peace officer causing death, and one count of reckless driving causing injury.
- Authorities say the SUV was reported stolen out of West Covina, and CHP, Alhambra police and the L.A. County District Attorney’s Office are reconstructing how the pursuit began and which units were involved.