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Wife says she tried to warn police before deadly shooting

A toy police car sits in front of a makeshift memorial for El Monte Police officers Corporal Michael Paredes and Officer Joseph Santana, in front of El Monte City Hall in El Monte, Calif., on Wednesday, June 15, 2022. The pair were killed in a shootout along with the suspect the day before while investigating a possible stabbing in a suburban Los Angeles motel. (Keith Birmingham/The Orange County Register via AP) A makeshift memorial for El Monte Police officers Corporal Michael Paredes and Officer Joseph Santana is displayed in front of El Monte City Hall in El Monte, Calif., on Wednesday, June 15, 2022. The pair were killed in a shootout along with the suspect the day before while investigating a possible stabbing in a suburban Los Angeles motel. (Keith Birmingham/The Orange County Register via AP) A woman touches a picture of officer Joseph Santana at a makeshift memorial outside the El Monte City Hall and police station on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, in El Monte, Calif., for Santana and fellow El Monte Police officer Michael Paredes, who were killed in a shootout along with the suspect the day before while investigating a possible stabbing in a suburban Los Angeles motel. (Keith Birmingham/The Orange County Register via AP) Family members of El Monte Police Officer Michael Paredes grieve at a makeshift memorial for him and Officer Joseph Santana at El Monte City Hall and police station on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, in El Monte, Calif. The two officers and a suspect were killed in a shootout the day before while investigating a possible stabbing in a suburban Los Angeles motel. (Sarah Reingewirtz/The Orange County Register via AP) Family members of El Monte Police Officer Michael Paredes grieve at a makeshift memorial for him and Officer Joseph Santana at El Monte City Hall and police station on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, in El Monte, Calif. The two officers and a suspect were killed in a shootout the day before while investigating a possible stabbing in a suburban Los Angeles motel. (Sarah Reingewirtz/The Orange County Register via AP) Family members of El Monte Police Officer Michael Paredes grieve at a makeshift memorial for him and Officer Joseph Santana at El Monte City Hall and police station on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, in El Monte, Calif. The two officers and a suspect were killed in a shootout the day before while investigating a possible stabbing in a suburban Los Angeles motel. (Sarah Reingewirtz/The Orange County Register via AP) Family members of El Monte Police Officer Michael Paredes grieve at a makeshift memorial for him and Officer Joseph Santana at El Monte City Hall and police station on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, in El Monte, Calif. The two officers and a suspect were killed in a shootout the day before while investigating a possible stabbing in a suburban Los Angeles motel. (Sarah Reingewirtz/The Orange County Register via AP) This photo provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows Justin William Flores who is the alleged gunman in a Southern California shootout that killed two police officers on Tuesday, June 14, 2022 in El Monte, Calif. Flores was identified as the suspect by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office on Wednesday, June 15, 2022. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP) This photo provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows Justin William Flores who is the alleged gunman in a Southern California shootout that killed two police officers on Tuesday, June 14, 2022 in El Monte, Calif. Flores was identified as the suspect by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office on Wednesday, June 15, 2022. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP)
Wife says she tried to warn police before deadly shooting