DOWNEY, Calif. (KABC) — Two days after a person and a young person have been arrested in connection to the taking pictures loss of life of a Monterey Park police officer in Downey, police have made an extra arrest.

Based on the Downey Police Division, Gerardo Magallanes of San Pedro, 18, was arrested Thursday for homicide.

He has since been despatched to the Los Angeles County Jail pending his arraignment.

Particulars surrounding Magallanes’ arrest and his alleged involvement within the killing weren’t instantly launched.

On Thursday, 20-year-old Carlos Delcid, who’s accused of killing Officer Gardiel Solorio, 26, throughout what the district lawyer referred to as a theft try, made his first court docket look and was ordered to stay jailed with out bail pending a September arraignment.

Delcid’s homicide cost features a special-circumstance allegation of homicide throughout a theft.

District Lawyer George Gascón mentioned he is going through a doable sentence of life in jail with out the opportunity of parole.

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A 17-year-old suspect – who was not recognized – was allegedly driving the pair’s getaway automobile, and was additionally arrested, Gascón mentioned.

Based on the District Lawyer’s Workplace, the unidentified teen was charged with a single depend of homicide in Compton Juvenile Courtroom.

On Thursday, the teenager denied the petition – the equal of a not-guilty plea in grownup court docket, in accordance with prosecutors. He’s due again in court docket Sept. 14.

Solorio was in his automobile within the parking zone of an LA Health fitness center within the 12700 block of Lakewood Boulevard round 3:30 p.m. Monday when Delcid allegedly obtained out of a automobile close by and approached Solorio “with a gun drawn in what seemed to be an tried theft,” the district lawyer mentioned.

Solorio was discovered unresponsive in his automobile, and was pronounced useless on the scene, in accordance with Downey police.

Funeral preparations have been nonetheless pending for Solorio, a rookie officer simply weeks out of the academy. Monterey Park Police Division Chief Kelly Gordon referred to as his killing “a mindless act of violence.”

Metropolis Information Service, Inc. contributed to this report.