A mural will be unveiled in downtown Palm Springs Friday to honor police officers Jose “Gil” Vega and Lesley Zerebny, who died in the line of duty on this date five years ago.
Tuesday marks the three-year anniversary of the shooting deaths of Palm Springs police officers Jose “Gil” Vega and Lesley Zerebny, who will be honored with a memorial ceremony at Palm Springs Police Department headquarters. The memorial ceremony will be held at 5 p.m. at Palm Springs police’s Memorial Plaza, which bears the names of Vega […]
It was a day of tears, laughter and heartbreak as family members of fallen Palm Springs Police Officers Jose ‘Gil’ Vega and Lesley Zerebny took the stand in the penalty phase for John Hernandez Felix the man convicted of their murders. Among those to share memories was Luanne Kling, the mother of Lesley Zerebny, who […]
The trial for the man accused of gunning-down two Palm Springs Police Officers continues on its 12 day, although the focus was less on the victims or the accused and instead on the expert witnesses brought by the defense. The Chief Deputy District Attorney Michelle Paradise continued to call for the impeachment of the defense’s […]
A Palm Springs police officer who survived a 2016 shooting attack that left two of his colleagues dead testified Tuesday that “it felt like forever” as he sat in the backseat of a patrol car, holding the bleeding body of a dying fellow officer. Mario Serrano — one of several officers who survived the onslaught […]
A 28-year-old man accused of killing two Palm Springs police officers is mentally fit enough to be executed if convicted, a judge ruled Friday. John Hernandez Felix is accused of gunning down veteran training Officer Jose Gilbert Vega, 63, and rookie Officer Lesley Zerebny, 27, on Oct. 8, 2016, after they responded to a family […]
A remembrance ceremony at the Palm Springs Police Department Monday honored the memories of officers Jose “Gil” Vega and Leslie Zerebny two years after they were killed in the line of duty. For fellow officers, the wounds suffered from the loss of Vega and Zerebny are still fresh. “Unlike larger agencies, we all work together. […]
Today marks two years since Palm Springs Police Officers Jose ‘Gil’ Vega and Lesley Zerebny were gunned down in the line of duty. Both families said the pain of losing them is still intense. Lesley’s father, David Kling recalls that day. “I remember every single detail of that day. The initial phone call was from […]
