Fundraiser Planned in Temple City for Family of Slain Deputy

PHOTO/Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
​CityWatch Editor

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TEMPLE CITY - The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Temple Station invites the public to a fundraiser organized for the family of the deputy shot and killed in Alhambra.

The fundraiser will take place Wednesday, June 19 from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Baja Cali Fish & Tacos, 5939 Golden West Ave., for the family of Deputy Joseph Gilbert Solano, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

A $10 donation is suggested. All proceeds go to the Solano family.

Solano, a 13-year-veteran of the Sheriff’s Department was brutally shot at an Alhambra restaurant Monday, June 10. He died after being taken off life support June 12.

Solano was shot in the head after being confronted by suspect Rhett McKenzie Nelson, 30, of St. George Utah.