A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who was shot in the head at a Jack in the Box has died.
Joseph Gilbert Solano, a 13-year veteran of the force, was taken off life support Wednesday afternoon after two days of being hospitalized in critical condition, Los Angeles Sheriff Alex Villanueva said in a press conference. Solano, 50, was surrounded by family at the time of his passing.
Surveillance video showed Solano was waiting for his meal at a Jack in the Box in Alhambra, Calif., a suburb east of Los Angeles, Monday evening when a gunman walked up and shot him once in the back of the head. Solano was off-duty and in civilian clothing.
Police released photos from surveillance cameras of the suspect and his vehicle and by Tuesday detained Rhett McKenzie Nelson, a 30-year-old man from Utah, in connection with the shooting. Nelson, who had been a missing person in Utah, is being held on a $2 million bail, ABC News reports, and investigators are looking into whether he may have committed other crimes since coming to California earlier this month.
