Both men grew up in El Monte and were serving the community they loved, officials said.
Two El Monte officers shot and killed while responding to a report of a stabbing at a motel Tuesday night were identified by city and county coroner’s officials Wednesday as Cpl. Michael Domingo Paredes and Officer Joseph Anthony Santana. Both men “were raised in the city of El Monte and had a strong connection to the community they served,” city officials said in a statement posted to Instagram with photos of the two men. They both lived in Upland, coroner’s officials said Wednesday afternoon.
