A 21-year-old San Pedro man was sentenced to more than 24 years in state prison on Monday, Sept. 29, for his involvement in the fatal shooting of an off-duty Monterey Park police officer in Downey during a botched daytime robbery attempt in August 2022.

Gerardo Magallanes, clad in a blue jumpsuit and sporting long braids that went beneath his shoulders, listened intently as three siblings of Gardiel Solorio spoke to the pain they’ve suffered since the death and their anger at Magallanes and co-defendant Carlos Daniel Delcid, with at least one sibling saying he seemed to view the court proceedings “as a game.”

Magallanes, who was not accused of firing the shots that killed Solorio, pleaded no contest on Sept. 12 to voluntary manslaughter and unlawful firearm activity. He also admitted all

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