A candlelight vigil will take place Friday night outside the Baldwin Park Police Department to honor Officer Samuel Riveros, who was shot and killed last Saturday while responding to a call.

Police are asking community members to "please come and stand with us in remembrance, love, and solidarity as we reflect on his life, his service, and the impact he had on all of us."

Riveros, a nine-year department veteran was shot killed when he responded around 7:15 p.m. Saturday to reports of a man armed with a rifle on the 4200 block of Filhurst Avenue.

Two officers had already arrived at the scene, where they found 43-year-old Darius Wong lying on the sidewalk, unresponsive. Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said the two officers arrived in separate cars and were "immediately fired upon b

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