Rachael Parker was an officer with the Manhattan Beach Police Department, who was shot down and killed during Sunday night’s shooting rampage. Sheis just one of 59 victims to be killed in the Las Vegas shooting massacre. On Sunday night, the Route 91 Harvest Festival was under siege during the deadliest mass shooting in United States history.
Manhattan Beach police records tech Rachel Parker confirmed killed in Las Vegas mass shooting. https://t.co/uwmBMKRUsE pic.twitter.com/Y7kp130A1Q
— CBS Los Angeles (@CBSLA) October 2, 2017
Rachael Parker is a 33-year-old shooting victim from Manhattan Beach PD. She began her career as a meter maid and worked her way up to her role as a police records technician, according to YakTriNews.com.
Her mother called Parker “brilliant,” with “a heart of gold.” She also added that her daughter “volunteered with the homeless and elderly.”
According to CBS News, Parker “worked for the Manhattan Beach Police Department for 10 years” and was “a police records technician with the department for 10 years.”
People close to Parker are still mourning her death, and have set up a tribute in her honor:
Growing tribute to @manhattanbchpd employee Rachel Parker "always smiling " #VegasStrong Live update 5p@FOXLA pic.twitter.com/qvKvWQwImf
— Phil Shuman (@FoxPhil) October 2, 2017
Rachael “Parker was among two employees from California’s Manhattan Beach Police Department who were shot, according to a police press release. Parker, a records technician, died in the hospital, police said,” wrote ABC 8.
