Three thousand people attended a tearful funeral service Thursday August 21, for Los Angeles County Deputy Shayne D. York who shot simply because be carried a badge. Shayne and I will be together again. Then, I will be able to fill the empty place in my heart. The cowards did not win.
Courage wins, but the pain they ve caused is unmistakable.
Even though York was polite and posed no threat, one of the robbers shot him in the back of the head, according to police. Although Parish also had her sheriff s identification, her life was spared, apparently because she was a woman. York was rushed to the Western Medical Center in Santa Ana where he died. The suspects were arrested several hours later after a witness gave police a good description of the getaway car following a second holdup at a pizza restaurant in Fullerton. Two parolees from state prison were arrested and charged with the shooting.