Memorial for Slain LAPD Officer Juan Diaz to Be Held at Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels

Chris Martin, center, and Ricardo Camacho visit a memorial to slain LAPD officer Juan Jose Diaz in front of LAPD headquarters in July 2019. Camacho’s parents were godparents to Diaz. (Credit: Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

by: Los Angeles Times

Posted: Jul 30, 2019 / 03:48 PM PDT

Updated: Jul 30, 2019 / 03:48 PM PDT

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Slain Los Angeles police officer Juan Jose Diaz will be honored at services on Aug. 11 and Aug. 12, according to an internal department notice Tuesday.

Diaz’s family will receive visitors from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Aug. 11 at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills, 6300 Forest Lawn Drive.

The following day, a memorial service will begin at 9 a.m. at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on West Temple Street downtown. Interment will immediately follow at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills.

Diaz, 24, was fatally shot near a taco stand with his girlfriend and her two brothers in Lincoln Heights shortly after midnight on Saturday. Moments earlier, the off-duty officer had seen someone tagging a wall and told the person to stop, spurring a confrontation that led to his death, according to law enforcement sources.

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