Eddie Gonzalez is a school safety officer from Long Beach who fatally shot 18-year-old Mona Rodriguez to death.
On September 27, 2021, long beach school safety officer Eddie Gonzalez shot a teen in the head. 18-year-old Mona Rodriguez has passed away as Eddie took her life support off this Tuesday.
Before the tragic event, Rodriguez was in an altercation with a 15-year-old near Millikan High School. Officer Gonzalez was patrolling the area and stopped the fight after he threatened to pepper spray the girls.
Rodriguez was a mother to a 5-month-old baby boy. She was in the passenger seat of a moving car while she was shot in the back of the head. The incident happened in the presence of Rodriquez’s brother in a parking lot. A stranger was able to capture the tragic event on video.
Who Is Eddie Gonzalez? School Safety Officer Bio.
Eddie Gonzalez is now a former school safety officer. The school board terminated his employment with a 5-0 vote.
Gonzalez had only been a police offer for a few months. He worked in Los Alamitos and the Sierra Madre before becoming a safety officer in the school district.
He was sacked as he violated the District policy and killed a teenager. The guidelines state that a safety officer should only use a gun as the last means of defense.
The three central policies that Gonzalez violated were firing at a fleeing person, shooting at a moving vehicle, and firing through the window of a car. All these things were strictly off-limits unless the officer’s life was in danger.
The public demanded the arrested of Gonzalez after the incident. On October 27, he was arrested in Orange, California, and is currently being held in the Long Beach City Jail.
Does School Safety Officer Eddie Gonzalez Have A Wife?
Details regarding former Officer Gonzalez’s wife are not revealed to the public. The case is a sensitive matter, and Gonazlez’s family could be criticized and harassed due to the scale of the case.
The public is fuming after the death of Mona Rodriguez. They are asking for justice for Rodriguez, who suffered a tragic death.
How Old Is Eddie Gonzalez?
It is not known how old Gonzalez is. He had not been an officer of the law for too long. Other personal information regarding Gonzalez is not mentioned in the case details.
Gonzalez will most likely face jail time for the murder of Mona Rodriguez and violating the district policies. As of now, no further details are disclosed to the public.
Does Eddie Gonzalez Have Facebook?
Gonzalez’s Facebook account is nowhere to be found. Either the former officer never had an account, or after the news of him shooting Mona Rodriguez spread all over the news and social media, he deleted the account.
However, we did find a picture of Gonzalez on Facebook through the Camden County police department’s post, but it seems to be inaccessible at the moment.