Bell Gardens Mayor Daniel Crespo fatally shot; wife detained
BELL GARDENS, Calif. -- Bell Gardens Mayor Daniel Crespo was fatally shot by his wife Tuesday afternoon in what appears to be a domestic dispute, Los Angeles County sheriff's officials said. His wife, Levette Crespo, has been detained.
The 45-year-old mayor was shot at a home in a gated complex in the 6300 block of East Gage Avenue shortly after 2:30 p.m.
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Lt. Steve Jauch says the mayor got into an argument with his wife, and their 19-year-old son tried to intervene. Daniel Crespo and his son, Daniel Crespo, Jr., began fighting. That's when Levette Crespo got a gun and shot her husband several times in the torso.
He was transported to a local hospital, where he was shortly pronounced dead.
Crespo had been a county deputy probation officer for the past 15 years. He was elected to the City Council in 2001.
The city website says Crespo married his high school sweetheart, Levette Crespo, in 1986. He had been married ever since.
The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with further information was asked to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500.
