A Los Angeles Police Department officer died Friday due to the coronavirus, becoming the agency’s first sworn officer to fall victim to COVID-19.
The department confirmed that the officer died Friday morning from “complications of COVID-19.” The officer was not identified, and no other details were immediately released.
The officer is the second LAPD employee to die from the illness. Erica McAdoo, a non-sworn senior detention officer, died from the virus July 3. She was 39.