CA - Salome Rodriguez, 23, murdered, LAPD officer charged, 13 March 2015

Pomona police on Saturday night were searching for a missing Los Angeles Police Department officer who was considered a “person of interest” in the fatal shooting of a 23-year-old man, authorities said.

The shooting occurred around 3:30 a.m. in the area of Third and Main streets, according to a news release from the Pomona Police Department.

When officers arrived, they found 23-year-old Salome Rodriguez Jr. had been shot in the lower torso. He was rushed to USC Medical Center and later succumbed to his injury.

Pomona police announced Saturday that they were looking for 27-year-old Henry Solis in connection with the shooting.

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Authorities have found the car belonging to a first-year Los Angeles Police Department officer who has been linked to an Ontario man's murder in Pomona. Police could be seen towing the car at Monterey Avenue and Main Street Sunday afternoon... A preliminary investigation indicated that the victim and suspect were engaged in a fight before the shooting occurred...

He is described as being 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighing 185 pounds. His last known address is in Pomona, police said. He drives a silver or gray 2013 Volkswagen Jetta with the California license 7FAS527...

Solis graduated from the police academy in November 2014 and was assigned to the Devonshire Division. He did not show up for work Saturday morning, according to authorities.

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OkieGranny said:

http://abc7news.com/news/missing-la-cop-named-person-of-interest-in-murder/559090/

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OkieGranny said:

http://abc7news.com/news/missing-la-cop-named-person-of-interest-in-murder/559090/

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An LAPD officer wanted in the slaying of an Ontario man last week is considered armed and dangerous, police said Monday, after issuing a warrant for his arrest and added that they haven’t ruled out that he may have left the country.

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#LAPD Statement regarding Henry Solis. @LAPDChiefBeck @PomonaPD bit.ly/18Yugn5

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The following statement was issued by Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck:

"Henry Solis failed to meet the minimum standards of the Los Angeles Police Department and has been terminated effective immediately."

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The FBI has joined the search for a former fugitive Los Angeles police officer wanted in connection with the shooting death of a 23-year-old Ontario man, authorities confirmed Tuesday...

On Monday, police issued a warrant for Solis’s arrest. They think he was using his father’s his father’s 1992 brown or tan Ford pickup truck with California license plate 4J79703.

He was considered armed and dangerous, given his military background and fugitive status.

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Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck, who fired the probationary officer earlier this week, said the deadly incident was fueled by alcohol. Both the suspect and the victim had been at the Vive Tequila Lounge and Nightclub in downtown Pomona...

Solis was a U.S. Marine before he joined the LAPD in June. The chief said there was "no obvious indication that he would have the propensity for this."

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FBI agents interviewed Victor Solis in El Paso, Texas, on Monday after he, his dog and his truck were spotted, according to the warrant. Victor Solis allegedly told agents that he drove his son to El Paso on March 13 and dropped him off at a bus station, but that he does not know where his son is...A warrant issued March 17 by the California Superior Court charged Henry Solis with one count of murder.

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TGIRecovered said:

Well, I guess there is no question where this guy got his lack of decency. No wonder he murdered someone and fled. Way to go, Dad.


By by the way, an American cop in Mexico is like chum for the sharks. Might as well offer him up to ISIS because the Mexican gangs are just as barbaric and evil.

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Authorities spoke to family, friends and witnesses who told them that 'shortly after the murder, defendant Solis made incriminating statements about his role in the murder of Rodriguez and stated that he would never be seen again,' the warrant states.

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Calling fugitive ex-LAPD officer Henry Solis "armed and dangerous," FBI officials Friday offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to his arrest in connection with a Pomona nightclub slaying.

Authorities are centering their search on El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico, where Solis has a network of family and friends on both sides of the border, said FBI special agent Scott Garriola with the FBI/LAPD fugitive task force.

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Authorities consider Solis to be armed and dangerous, and Garriola said he may be in possession of "several weapons."

Solis served in the Marines as an embassy guard in several countries but not in Mexico, Garriola said. He did not say where Solis served.

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"Now what that means is up for anybody's guess," Garriola said. "It could mean he is going to try and hide or going to try and kill himself.

"Being a former law enforcement officer and having to possibly face a prison sentence, one may be suicidal," he said.

Garriola would not say if Solis fled California with his passport, extra money or credit cards.

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"Whether or not he thought about that in those few hours after the murder and before he went on the run, that's anybody's guess," he said. "It's been a week and we will see how well he planned his escape."

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The search for a rookie Los Angeles Police Department officer suspected of homicide has expanded into an international manhunt, focused on the border cities of El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

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"The pattern suggests he crossed into Mexico, but he has family and friends living in El Paso and Ciudad Juarez," said Scott Garriola, special FBI agent who runs the fugitive task force from the Los Angeles Bureau. "So he could be on either side of the border."

"It's a quick bus ride from the interior of Mexico to other parts of the country and Central America."

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Authorities posted three photos of Solis, with and without facial hair, and said he may now have a full beard.

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