The vigil will take place on Saturday on the front steps of the El Monte Civic Center, as community members gather to pay respect to the two police officers fatally shot and killed Tuesday.
Both officers were taken to a hospital where they later died. Flores was shot and killed at the scene.
"Corporal Paredes and Officer Santana paid the ultimate sacrifice, while in the performance of a noble profession, serving the community they loved," officials said Wednesday. "It honestly feels like we've lost a family member," said one woman who stopped by the memorial Wednesday to offer her respects.
In Sacramento, California Governor Gavin Newsom had flags flown at half-staff in honor of Paredes and Santana. "Jennifer and I join Californians in mourning Corporal Paredes and Officer Santana, two brave public servants who made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty. Their tragic loss is a painful reminder of the risks our women and men in law enforcement face every day fulfilling the oath they were sworn to uphold. Our hearts are with their loved ones, their law enforcement family, and the people of El Monte," Newsom said in a statement released Thursday morning.
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