El Monte Police Department, California
End of Watch Tuesday, July 9, 1974
Add to My HeroesManuel Anthony Arceo
Officer Manuel Arceo was shot and killed as he and another officer responded to a silent alarm at a pawn shop at 14348 Ramona Boulevard, just a half a block from the Baldwin Park Police Department.
A man had entered the pawnshop, grabbed a machete, and threatened the proprietress. She offered him money but the man stated he "just wanted guns to kill cops." The man stepped outside, with a rifle she gave him, and opened fire on the officers as they approached.
Officer Arceo was struck by a ricocheted round fired by another officer. The subject was killed by the other officers who returned fire.
Bio
- Age 31
- Tour Not available
- Badge Not available
Incident Details
- Cause Gunfire (Inadvertent)
- Weapon Rifle
- Offender Shot and killed
Most Recent Reflection
View all 24 ReflectionsI was on duty the night that Tony was killed. I was accepted by Tony immediately, without question. He did not care that I was a female, he called me partner. (1974)
The recent loss of two El Monte police officers took me back to the night we lost Tony.
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