Tears flowed from Freddie Freeman as he sat in a Dodger Stadium interview room Aug. 5 and described the arduous restoration his 3-year-old son Max was making from a uncommon neurological situation during which the physique’s immune system assaults the nerves.
Max had returned dwelling from a five-night keep at Kids’s Hospital Orange County, and Freeman was again within the Dodgers lineup after lacking eight video games to be together with his household through the ordeal.
Two months later, the Dodgers had been taking part in host to the New York Mets within the Nationwide League Championship Sequence. A police officer approached Freeman’s spouse, Chelsea, to ask how Max was doing.
{A photograph} of Officer Samuel Riveros offered by the Baldwin Police Division.
(Baldwin Police Division.)
The officer, Samuel Riveros of the Baldwin Park Police Dept., smiled and handed her a police patch to provide to Max.
Riveros was killed Saturday in Baldwin Park when a gunman fatally shot him within the head whereas Riveros was dashing to the help of a fellow officer who additionally had been shot, a regulation enforcement supply with data of the investigation advised The Occasions.
Chelsea Freeman associated assembly Riveros on her Instagram Tales and provided her household’s condolences.
“Our hearts are heavy hearing of his passing this week,” she posted. “We met during the Dodgers/Mets playoffs. He came up to me, asked how my son Max was doing and handed me his police patch to give to him.
“A small gesture that meant so much.”
Freddie Freeman was a World Sequence hero for the Dodgers in 2024, hitting a walk-off grand slam to win Sport 1 in opposition to the New York Yankees. He’s off to a sizzling begin in 2025, at present main the NL with a .368 batting common.
Riveros had been a Baldwin Park officer since 2016, joined the company’s SWAT group in 2019, and had not too long ago turn out to be a area coaching officer, which in a press release the company known as a “testament to his leadership and mentorship.”
Riveros was identified for his devotion to the Dodgers, even touring to the stadiums of opposing groups to observe them play, in keeping with Baldwin Park Police Chief Robert A. López.
“Officer Riveros gave his life in service to others, a profound testament to his unwavering dedication to duty and selfless courage,” the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Dept. wrote in a press release. “His loss is profoundly felt — not only by his family and colleagues, but by the entire Baldwin Park community and law enforcement family.”
Eduardo Roberto Medina-Berumen, 22, was arrested on suspicion of homicide and is being held in lieu of $4 million bail, in keeping with the Sheriff’s Division. He lives together with his mom on the Baldwin Park handle on Filhurst Avenue, the place gunfire erupted Saturday night time, a supply stated.
“This tragic shooting is a sobering reminder of the danger our first responders face when they answer the call,” Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman stated in a press release.
