JERRY ORTIZ
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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 6-W: 25
Department: Los Angeles County, California, S.O.
End of Watch: June 24, 2005
Cause: SHOT
Age: 35
Years of Service: 15
Description: Deputy Ortiz was shot and killed while interviewing a woman outside a local apartment building. A gunman suddenly burst out of the residence and shot Deputy Ortiz fatally in the head. The suspect was a wanted gang member and had a rap sheet 15 pages long. Deputy Ortiz was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
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