Marco Gomez, 31

Marco Gomez, 31, a Latino man, was killed in an officer-involved shooting in the 1400 block of 23rd Street in South Los Angeles about 11:05 p.m. Friday, May 2.

According to police, officers from the Newton Area Gang Enforcement Detail responded to a radio call of shots fired. Upon arrival, officers were told that Gomez had fired a shot at someone and then ran inside a home.  Officers prepared to enter the home and search for Gomez after he refused to come out.

When Officers Eric Rose and Kevin Raines entered the home, they encountered Gomez armed with a semi-automatic pistol, police said. Both Rose and Raines shot Gomez multiple times. Police were unable to confirm whether Gomez fired his weapon or not. Authorities said Gomez was pronounced dead at the scene and that the semi-automatic pistol was recovered.

Comments

[anon]

Here's another example of police murdering someone. Marcos was my friend and I know the details he was not armed he was seated on a couch in plain view of the murderous officers he did not heed to their initial command to get up and they shot him he did not threaten them nor did he approach them in a threatening manner all he did was sit there and get shot. These officers ego was hurt when he did not respond. So there's a lesson to be learned from this do what the masters say or get killed plain and simple.

[miguel]

What is going on in the Mexican community?? Parents, abuelos, tios, tias, older hermanos, maestros (teachers), sacerdotes (Catholic priests) social workers, ect. need to teach young Mexican/Latin men to stop spirling in the black hole of guns, drugs, gangs and violence! They need to teach these young men to be Pro-Life!! Teach them to value their lives and the lives of other people! This is so much against the commandment of Our Lord Jesus, who said: "Love one another as I love you, so that all men will see that you are my disciples." He also said, "Love your neighbor as yourself." These are the things the late Pope John Paul preach when he was alive against the culture of death!

[BETTY (20TH HOOPER)]

I THINK THIS IS A REAL TRAGIC AND FOR SOMEONE TO DIE LIKE THAT IS NOT RIGHT. YOU KNOW U GAND BANG AND HAVE ENEMYS BUT NO MATTER WHERE U GO YOUR ALWAYS THE TARGET OUT THERE NOT EVEN YOUR ENEMYS GET TO KILL YOU. BUT AT THE END THE ONES THAT END UP KILLING YOU ARE THE COPS THAT SUPPOSELY ARE HERE TO PROTECT AND SERVE YEAH RIGHT. I NEW THIS GUY AND HIS FAMILY THEY ARE REAL GOOD PEOPLE HE HAD KIDS AND WAS VERY FREINDLY ON FRIDAY THE MAY THE 2ND I WAS DRIVING HOME WITH MY TWO BOYS AND STOP AT THE STORE ON 21ST HE WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE ON THE SIDEWALK AND HE WAVED HI AT ME. SO I HONKED AT HIM THIS IS SAD HOW YOUR LIFE HAS TO END BUT THIS PROVES THAT GOD ONLY TAKES THE BEST! MY CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO THE WHOLE FAMILY AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL!! BETTY AND FAMILY