Capt. Dave Rosa, the 45-year-old Fire Department captain in Long Beach, California, was killed on June 24, 2018, in a shooting at a senior housing facility.
Rosa was killed when a gunman open fired at the Covenant Manor senior housing facility on around 4 a.m. PST on Monday, June 24.
According to reports, authorities responded to the Covenant Manor in the 600 block of E. 4th Street in the downtown area of the city at about 4 a.m. due to reports of an explosion and fire. After extinguishing the fire, responding firefighters searched the building and shots were fired.
Two firefighters were shot: Rosa, who died, and another unidentified firefighter who remains in stable condition.
via NBC:
A second firefighter remained hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. A resident struck by gunfire also was hospitalized, but details regarding that individual’s condition were not immediately available.
Police said the suspected shooter is in custody.
The shooting was reported at a high-rise building in the 600 block of East 4th Street after authorities responded to reports of an explosion and fire. The Covenant House, which is in the area of Atlantic Avenue and Fourth Street, was surrounded by police and fire department vehicles early Monday as evacuated residents waited outside.
Details about the explosion were not immediately available.
Police said a person of interest was detained and a weapon was recovered at the scene. The shooting is being treated as a homicide investigation.
The 17-year department member is survived by his wife and two children.
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