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With heavy hearts Manhattan Beach is preparing to mark the 25th anniversary of their first officer shot and killed in the line of duty, Officer Martin Ganz, and the officer who first came upon the scene that day was also one of his best friends.

Mourners remembered the sacrifice of a young officer whose slaying shook the beachside community. Ted Chen reports for the NBC4 News on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018.

Colleagues of a Marine Corps reservist and Los Angeles Police Department officer killed in by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan were at an emotional ceremony Thursday to name an intersection after a man who devoted his life to serving Southern California and the nation.

A sign identify a Winnetka intersection as “Joshua Cullins Way” was unveiled at a ceremony to honor the 28-year-old Marine Reservist and LAPD officer who was killed during a second tour of duty in Afghanistan.

Sheriff’s investigators turned to the public Thursday for information that could lead them to the killer of a 66-year- old woman who was fatally stabbed last week in a parking structure at a shopping mall in Rolling Hills Estates.

A spurned husband tracked down his wife and a 20th Century Fox distribution executive during a late-night romantic rendezvous and beat the man to death in his Mercedes-Benz in 2012, a prosecutor told jurors Thursday, but the defendant’s attorney called the man’s killing “a case of self-defense.”

Prosecutors claim that the defendant was angry that the victim was having an affair with his wife. Lolita Lopez reports for the NBC4 news at 4 p.m. on Thursday, June 15, 2017.

A slain young man whose body was found in Tustin had immigrated to the U.S. to make money to help with his mother’s health care, family members said.

A community vigil was held Sunday night to honor Officer Lesley Zerebny, who was killed in the line of duty after a shooting in Palm Springs last weekend.

A community vigil was held in honor of slain Palm Springs Officer Lesley Zerebny. Rick Montanez reports for the NBC4 News at 9 on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016.