Friends and household gathered for a candlelight vigil Wednesday evening, Sept. 29, to grant Mona Rodriguez, an 18-year-old parent who has been hospitalized since she was shot by a Long Beach schoolhouse information officer.
Loved ones embraced 1 different and carried lit candles extracurricular Long Beach Memorial Medical Center wherever Rodriguez has been successful captious information successful the ICU since she was changeable by a schoolhouse information serviceman investigating an battle adjacent Millikan High School. Earlier Wednesday, Rodriguez’s fellow said she had been changeable successful the backmost of the caput and was connected beingness support.
Rogelio Sahagun, uncle of Mona Rodriguez, speaks astatine a candlelight vigil connected Wednesday evening, Sept. 29, 2021 adjacent Long Beach Memorial Medical Center. Rodriguez was changeable Monday erstwhile a schoolhouse information serviceman fired his limb into the conveyance she was successful adjacent Millikan High School. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Friends and household stitchery for a candlelight vigil connected Wednesday evening, Sept. 29, 2021 adjacent Long Beach Memorial Medical Center. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Friends and household of Mona Rodriguez stitchery for a candlelight vigil connected Wednesday evening, Sept. 29, 2021 adjacent Long Beach Memorial Medical Center. Rodriguez was changeable Monday erstwhile a schoolhouse information serviceman fired his limb into the conveyance she was successful adjacent Millikan High School. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Rogelio Sahagun, uncle of Mona Rodriguez, speaks astatine a candlelight vigil connected Wednesday evening, Sept. 29, 2021 adjacent Long Beach Memorial Medical Center. Rodriguez was changeable Monday erstwhile a schoolhouse information serviceman fired his limb into the conveyance she was successful adjacent Millikan High School. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Family members of Mona Rodriguez stitchery astatine a vigil connected Wednesday evening, Sept. 29, 2021 adjacent Long Beach Memorial Medical Center. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Friends and household of Mona Rodriguez stitchery for a candlelight vigil connected Wednesday evening, Sept. 29, 2021 adjacent Long Beach Memorial Medical Center. Rodriguez was changeable Monday erstwhile a schoolhouse information serviceman fired his limb into the conveyance she was successful adjacent Millikan High School. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Friends and household of Mona Rodriguez stitchery for a candlelight vigil connected Wednesday evening, Sept. 29, 2021 adjacent Long Beach Memorial Medical Center. Rodriguez was changeable Monday erstwhile a schoolhouse information serviceman fired his limb into the conveyance she was successful adjacent Millikan High School. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Rafeul Chowdhury, who has a 5-month-old lad with Rodriguez, said helium was the operator of the car the schoolhouse information serviceman changeable astatine Monday day arsenic he, Rodriguez and his member drove away. The serviceman had been investigating a combat betwixt Rodriguez and a 15-year-old girl, constabulary said.
Chowdhury called for the officer to look charges successful the case.
Long Beach constabulary were starring the probe into the shooting. The information officer, an worker of the Long Beach Unified School District who has been placed connected paid administrative leave, was cooperating with the investigation, officials said.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office was besides conducting an investigation.