• Facebook
  • Google Plus
  • Instagram
  • RSS Feed
  • Twitter

Menu

Skip to content
  • About
  • Staff
  • Contact
  • Advertise
  • FAQ
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
Header image

MyNewsLA.comLogo

Breaking news for greater Los Angeles and Orange County

Menu

Skip to content
  • Crime
  • Government
  • Business
  • Education
  • Hollywood
  • Life
  • OC
  • Riverside
  • Weather
  • Coroner Identifies Bicyclist Killed By Sedan in North Hills
  • Gas Prices Spiking Across L.A., Orange County
  • `Raya and the Last Dragon' Opens With $8.6 Million to Lead Box Office
  • Coroner IDs Man Killed in Traffic Crash in Porter Ranch
  • LA County Reports 16 New Cases of COVID-Related Syndrome in Children

Home » Crime » This Article

5th LAPD Employee Dies From COVID-19 Complications

Posted by Contributing Editor on January 14, 2021 in Crime | Leave a response
Share this article:
Facebooktwitterredditpinterestlinkedinmail

Funeral arrangements were pending Thursday morning for a fifth Los Angeles Police Department employee who has died of complications from COVID-19.

Sgt. Amelia “Terry” Martinez, who was assigned to the Hollenbeck Division, died Tuesday. She was 53.

Martinez is the third LAPD officer and the fifth LAPD employee to died from COVID-19.

“We thank you for your service and you will be greatly missed,” Chief Michel Moore said. “May God welcome you home and may God bless the Los Angeles Police Department.”

Capt. Rick Stabile, Hollenbeck’s commanding officer, said in a Twitter post that Martinez “served the citizens of Los Angeles for over 27 years. She was loved by the officers and the community.”

Martinez is survived by her sons, Robert and Steven, and daughter Amanda Lara, as well as her mother and siblings, Moore said.

In a statement Wednesday night, Governor Gavin Newsom said he and his wife were “profoundly saddened” to learn of Martinez’s death, adding that flags at the state capitol building would be flown at half-staff in her honor.

“Her bravery, decades of selfless service to the people of Los Angeles and sacrifice will never be forgotten,” Newsom said in the statement. ”We offer our deepest condolences to her family, friends, colleagues and members of the Los Angeles community as they grieve her loss.”

The other LAPD employees who have died of coronavirus complications are Police Service representative Raymond Guerrero, 24, who died earlier this month; Sgt. Fred Cueto, a 22-year veteran who died in December; and detention Officer Erica McAdoo, 39, and Officer Valentin Martinez, 45, who both died last July.

Like this story? Don’t miss any breaking news from MyNewsLA.com. Sign up here for your free newsletter.

 
5th LAPD Employee Dies From COVID-19 Complications was last modified: January 14th, 2021 by Contributing Editor

>> Want to read more stories like this? Get our Free Daily Newsletters Here!

Follow us:
Facebooktwitterrss
Posted in Crime | Tagged Complications, COVID-19, dies, employee, fifth, LAPD

Advertisement

Get The Latest News by Email!

Sign up here for our free newsletters. We’ll send you the latest headlines every morning and every weekday afternoon.

 
FORECAST FOR LOS ANGELES
46°
Clear
Feels like: 46°F
Wind: 3mph E
Humidity: 65%
Pressure: 29.82"Hg
UV index: 0
ThuFriSat
66/50°F
75/48°F
70/48°F
Weather forecast Los Angeles, California ▸

Most Popular Today

  • Seven Years of Sex Terror For Helpless Little Child in Glendale: Nabbed Suspect falls for Cops’ Fake Child Text Sting 5,000 views
  • Man Opens Fire with AR-15 Style Rifle in Garden Grove Neighborhood 4,400 views
  • Terrifying Suicide Leap From Harbor Freeway Overpass Snarls Downtown LA Traffic 3,200 views
  • Two People Seriously Injured in Crash on State Route 60 in Moreno Valley 1,800 views
  • Man Found Fatally Wounded in Driveway of Home in Santa Ana 1,600 views

©2021 CalNews Inc.

Menu

  • About
  • Staff
  • Contact
  • Advertise
  • FAQ
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service