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  DEPUTY DAVID MARCH  
  DATE OF BIRTH: March 29, 1969   END OF WATCH: April 29, 2002  
  JOINED THE DEPARTMENT: July 19, 1995   ACADEMY CLASS: Class # 290  
  ASSIGNMENTS: PCD North County   Custody 12/95 - 7/00  
                           Temple Station     Patrol 7/00 - 4/29/02  
                                  
                                  
  RESIDENT: Saugus, California     EDUCATION: Canyon High School
                       May 4, 2002 @ 200 p.m.
                       AA & AS - Psychology &
                       Administration of Justice

  
  MARRIED: Teresa March    
  CHILDREN: Kayla French - Step-daughter    
         
  Relief Fund:      
  A RELIEF FUND HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR DEPUTY MARCH - Sheriff's Relief Fund # 257  
         
  Arrangements:      
 

Services were held at Grace Baptist Church, May 4, 2002 @ 2:00 p.m., Santa Clarita, California

  
       
 

INFORMATION ON INCIDENT AND INVESTIGATION:

ON 04-29-02 1252 HRS:

    LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF LEROY D. BACA ANNOUNCED THAT DEPUTY DAVID MARCH, 33, A SEVEN YEAR VETERAN OF THE DEPARTMENT ASSIGNED TO TEMPLE SHERIFF STATION WAS SHOT AND KILLED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CONDUCT A TRAFFIC STOP AT APPROXIMATELY 10:39 THIS MORNING. DEPUTY MARCH WAS A RESIDENT OF SANTA CLARITA AND IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE.

    DEPUTY MARCH INITIATED THE TRAFFIC STOP AT LIVE OAK AVENUE AND PECK ROAD. IRWINDALE. THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE EXITED HIS CAR AND MET THE DEPUTY HALFWAY BETWEEN THE PATROL CAR AND THE SUSPECT VEHICLE. A CONFRONTATION ENSUED BETWEEN THE DEPUTY AND THE SUSPECT. THE SUSPECT PRODUCED A HANDGUN AND FIRED AT THE DEPUTY SEVERAL TIMES STRIKING HIM IN THE UPPER TORSO. THE SUSPECT FLED THE SCENE EASTBOUND ON LIVE OAK AVENUE TO SOUTHBOUND SAN GABRIEL RIVER (605) FREEWAY, AND OUT OF SIGHT.

    ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, IT IS BELIEVED THAT THERE WERE TWO OTHER OCCUPANTS IN THE SUSPECT VEHICLE, WHICH IS DESCRIBED AS A DARK BLUE OR BLACK NISSAN LATE 1980'S MODEL WITH CHROME RIMS. HOMICIDE INVESTIGATORS ARE ASKING FOR THE ASSISTANCE OF ANYONE WHO WITNESSED THE INCIDENT TO PLEASE COME FORWARD OR CALL HOMICIDE BUREAU AT (323) 890-5500.

    SHERIFF BACA WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS HIS CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY, FRIENDS. AND CO-WORKERS OF DEPUTY MARCH, AND LET THEM KNOW THE HOPES AND PRAYERS OF THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT ARE WITH THEM. HE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO SUPPLIED INFORMATION LEADING TO THE DETENTION OF ONE OF THE SUSPECTS. INVESTIGATORS ARE EXHAUSTIVELY FOLLOWING UP EVERY OTHER LEAD AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO UNTIL ALL PERPETRATORS ARE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE.