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Aug 26 10:42 am
  • David Rosa

Firefighter got 15-day suspension for punching wounded man after fire captain’s death

Jeremiah Dobruck

“I know it was wrong, it will always be wrong,” the firefighter later wrote in a letter apologizing for what he’d done.

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Mar 18 2021 4:21 pm
  • David Rosa

City settles lawsuit after firefighter punched elderly man he mistook as fire captain’s killer

Kelly Puente

Thomas Kim set off a bomb in his apartment and then shot at first-responders, killing Long Beach Fire Capt. David Rosa, a beloved 17-year veteran of the department in 2018.

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Jun 25 2020 12:28 pm
  • David Rosa

Fitness event raises money for police officer killed in traffic collision and firefighters hurt in LA blaze

Staff Reports

The fundraiser was in honor of Long Beach Fire Dept. Captain David Rosa, who was fatally shot on June 25, 2018, after responding to a call of a fire at a Downtown senior living complex. 

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Jun 16 2020 11:36 am
  • David Rosa

Friends launch fundraiser to help son of late Fire Captain David Rosa finish truck restoration project

Kelly Puente

Son is hoping to finish the truck project he stared with his father.

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Apr 7 2020 4:46 pm
  • David Rosa

Capt. David Rosa memorial signs installed along 5 Freeway

City News Service

Rosa, 45, was gunned down June 25, 2018, when he responded to a report of an explosion and fire at the Covenant Manor senior housing complex in the 600 block of East Fourth Street in Long Beach.

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Jul 26 2019 6:00 am
  • David Rosa

Firefighter punched elderly man he thought killed fire captain, DA says

Jeremiah Dobruck

Firefighter Bradley Robideaux mistakenly thought the 78-year-old was responsible for shooting LBFD Capt. David Rosa, prosecutors said.

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Jun 25 2019 12:38 pm
  • David Rosa

Long Beach fire regional training center renamed in honor of Capt. David Rosa

Stephanie Rivera

On the one-year anniversary of the death of Fire Capt. David Rosa, the Long Beach Fire Department unveiled the renaming of its regional training center in his honor.

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Jun 25 2019 4:00 am shared from the Hi-lo

‘I had to come to my senses:’ Firefighters reflect one year after death of beloved captain

Asia Morris

Long Beach Fire Department firefighters reflect on the day that Captain David Rosa was shot and killed while responding to an explosion at a senior living complex.

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May 10 2019 8:44 am
  • David Rosa

Firefighters selling shirts to raise money for Capt. David Rosa memorial highway signage

Staff Reports

The entire Long Beach Fire Department will be wearing memorial shirts on the one-year anniversary of Rosa’s death.

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Mar 15 2019 3:29 pm
  • David Rosa

Long Beach State Dirtbags host ceremony, softball game for fallen firefighter

JJ Fiddler

Capt. David Rosa, who served with Long Beach Fire Department for 17 years—six of those at Station 10 in Central Long Beach—was killed by a gunman while responding to an emergency call in June.

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