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LOS ANGELES Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said Friday he will not seek the death penalty for an admitted gang member who killed a police officer as well as his own cousin.
Michael Christopher Mejia, 30, is awaiting trial on charges stemming from the Feb. 20, 2017 crime spree.
One of Mejia’s victims was Officer Keith Boyer, 53, of the Whittier Police Department. He was responding to a report of a traffic collision in which Mejia had been involved.
Officer Keith Boyer (Whittier Police Department)
Mejia shot Boyer and Officer Patrick Hazell, while trying to flee the scene of the crash. Hazell survived a gunshot wound to the abdomen.