The Long Beach Fire Department escorts the body of Capt. David Rosa to a mortuary in Orange County on Tuesday. Photos by John Robinson.
Police and firefighters on Tuesday afternoon escorted the body of Capt. David Rosa from the Los Angeles County coroner’s office to a mortuary in Orange County, where Rosa lived.
Rosa, 45, a 17-year veteran with a wife and two children, was fatally shot while responding to a fire at about 4 a.m. Monday to Covenant Manor in Downtown Long Beach.
Rosa’s body on Monday was initially taken from St. Mary Medical Center to the coroner’s office in Boyle Heights. At about 3 p.m. Tuesday, a coroner’s van, escorted by police and fire department vehicles, left the facility en route to McCormick & Sons mortuary in Laguna Hills.
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Fire department crews from several cities lined overpasses along the route to pay tribute to their fallen colleague.
Police have arrested Thomas Kim, 77, on suspicion of murder and attempted murder in the shooting, which also injured another firefighter and a civilian resident of the building.
Rosa is survived by his wife, Lynley, and sons Alec, 25, and Samuel, 16. In his honor, flags will be flown at half-staff at the Capitol in Sacramento.