Glenn Patrick Rose, 25

Glenn Patrick Rose, 25, a white man, was shot and killed by deputies and officers while driving a pickup truck in the 300 block of 1st Avenue in Covina about 2:07 a.m. Tuesday, May 13. 

Authorities said California Highway Patrol officers were on the Pomona Freeway pursuing a 1991 white Honda Accord believed to have been stolen by Rose and his girlfriend. Deputies from the Walnut sheriff's station were asked to assist when the chase moved from the freeway to Covina streets.

L.A. County Sheriff's Department officials said the couple drove into an alley in the 300 block of 1st Avenue, where they abandoned the Accord and took a 1989 burgundy pickup truck that was parked in the alley. According to authorities, a CHP car slammed into the back of the truck as it was pulling out. The truck then collided with a sheriff's patrol car. Still attempting to flee, the driver backed the truck into the same CHP car, then drove toward deputies who were taking cover behind a nearby vehicle. Fearing for their lives, deputies and CHP officers fired several shots.  Rose was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Lt. David Coleman of the Sheriff's Homicide Bureau.

Rose's girlfriend, Sarah Morales, 24, a white woman, was arrested shortly after the shooting. She was charged with assaulting an officer and unlawfully driving or taking a vehicle.

Comments

[bob]

From what I have read in all the encounters the police have with people that they shoot to death the police are sure fearing for their lives an awful lot.So let me get this straight all the police have to do to justify shooting and killing someone is to say( gee we or I fear for my life).Well maybe the public needs to give the police a reason to "fear for their lives".the police sure to be shooting a lot of people these days in the name of (fearing for their lives).Perhaps its just easier for the police to handle a corpse than it is for the police to talk to a live person.Plus you really need to consider the source also the police aren't always known for telling the truth,they will say whatever they think will get them off the hook.

[L.A. Native]

Bob, your post make NO sense. Did you read the article? These individuals rammed a car into the deputies after being chased. A car can and has been used as a deadly weapon. If you read the homicide blog the crimes being committed on the streets of Los Angeles have become increasingly more violent. Are there officers that make mistakes or act negligently? Yes, but they are a very small number. Just like in rough communities most people who live there are just trying to support and raise their families but it is the small number of vicious thugs that can create chaos/destruction in the community.

[tom]

Although it is justified sometimes, when police shoot someone under these circumstances (trying to flee) they always say they fear for thier lives. Many times they shoot out of anger and frustration, rather than fearing for thier lives. Bob you are right, and as long as the public condones ithese "fear for thier life" shootings, they will continue at a record pace.

[Covina Resident]

The means to this situation was justified. These type of thugs have no respect for authority or human life. Bob and Tom are incorrect in their statements. As a Covina resident, where this happend and where I live, to have this happen in my neighborhood? What would you do if your kid is playing outside and a fool like this crashes into him/her? To have a thug avoid police at whatever cost doesn't deserve to live. These kind of people are the future rapists and murderers of Los Angeles. Grow up in the worst streets in Los Angeles, and then you can talk. The police are the heroes here. Don't base your opinion about cops on a few bad apples, the majority are fighting to get thugs like these out of communities.

[Deanna]

I have known Patrick since he was about 11 years old. He was a typical kid that was practically on his own. Parents were in and out of jail. That's no excuse for his actions. He knew right from wrong. And paid the consequences with his life. The question I would like answered is, If he was in the vehicle when he was shot dead. How come there was no blood inside the truck. I personally seen the vehicle myself after the parents bought the truck from the registered owner. So they could save the evidence that hopefully will prove that someone is not telling the whole truth. With the technology now the crime scene should easily determine that the story told and and evidence shows foul play. But it's easier to say I was in fear for my life . Stereotyping the victim out to be a thug or trash off the streets. Cop's are not holy angels that only speak the gospel. Someone needs to take a closer look at this fatal incident so the real truth could be uncovered. Only then will these tragic shootings of our brothers and sisters, or our sons or daughters be less frequent. Maybe better trained officers like the military show cops what "In fear of your life" really means. I haven't seen one situation that a cop had to use his weapon and didn't unload all the bullets. THINK ABOUT IT!
Thank you for your time, DEANNA
Baldwin Park,CA

[stinkylee]

look ive lived on both sides of the street as you say!! and i am not a thug or out to harm any one now or when i was out doing my thing . and yes i would have tried anything to get away from the cops!!!just because you havent been there doesnt give anyone the right to judge anyone!!! the police where very wrong in this case and i spent a week straight at the seen making sure that was the case!!! so take your smart comments somewhere else this boy was 24 yrs old and still had alot of life left in him most of those cops fireing where older then him what gives them the right to take the life of a unarmed boy?? nothing!!!

[terry]

i knew Patrick. he was a great guy... not a thug, he was honest and very likable.
i also kno cops and i understand the "fearing for their lives" thing its actually in the Penal Code and is very justified for an officer to use reasonable amount of force if needed and no more than that... and technically a vehicle is a huge weapon so the officers did nothing wrong at all and were at no moment obligated to back off.
Patrick will be missed however. and its sad that things ended the way they did.

[Jen]

Patrick was the sweetest man I have ever known. If you knew him then you knew what a beautiful spirit he had. He chose a path in life that led him to a fatal end. Patrick was not a "Thug". He had a broken heart before he died and I will remember him for the wonderful person that he was. Rest in Peace Patrick, we all miss you.

[Kris]

First off LA Native...you don't know the whole story and I find it very upsetting that you automatically think that just because one article says one thing that its true...the police are not always known for upholding the law but bending it and using their authority to their own advantage...and unfortunately that is something that is very likely to have happened and because of it a man was killed...despite his involvement in the events a family lost a loved one....he was a son brother and uncle and a friend to many...

RIP Patrick you will be missed but never forgotten...

[syscom3]

Kris, is it true he was driving a stolen car? Is it true he drove at officers in a deadly manner?

[France]

Let MY boy rest in peace please.Let his story keep you sober.Patty the memories WE have of you will play in our minds forever.

[Jet]

Stinkylee,
I'm sorry but your write twice...boy. This was not a boy. This was a man!!! I'm not sure where you get boy from? I thought all males reach adulthood ready or not at 18 years of age. Since he was already 24 that made him six years into his adulthood and too far from childhood to call him a boy. it is sad that the family is left to pick up the pieces of a life. This person took everything for granted and did not take a good hard look at his family before he made his decisions. I fell sorry for his mother, who not must live out the rest of her life with out her son.

[disgusted]

Wow, this is why people say rest in PEACE.Beacuse board, lonely, pathetic, people who have yet to loose someone close to them unexpectly, say things like Jetlee. By the way, when someone is like a son to them one just might refer to them as a boy. Please don't comment about taking life for granted unless you knew Patrick personally, which obviously you did'nt. FYI that was not the case.If you want to feel sorry for someone feel sorry for yourself. It can't be easy being such an ugly person.

[syscom3]

disgusted, the deceased was a thief and his actions that day put the public and the police in danger.

He alone is responsible for his fate.