Funeral Service Announced For IE Deputy Killed In The Line Of Duty

ONTARIO, CA — Funeral services were announced Monday for a San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy who was killed in the line of duty.

Services for Deputy Andrew Nuñez, 28, will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18, at the 11,000-capacity-seating Toyota Arena in Ontario.

The service will be private and not open to the public, in accordance with the wishes of the Nuñez family, the sheriff's department announced. Family, close friends, and invited law enforcement personnel will be in attendance.

Members of the public are invited to pay their respects to Nuñez by lining the funeral procession route as the fallen deputy is escorted to Toyota Arena.

The procession will enter southbound Interstate 215 at Inland Center Drive at about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, and merge onto westbound Interstate 10. From I-10, the procession will exit at Haven Avenue, proceed north to Concours Street, and then east on Concours Street to the Toyota Arena located at 4000 Ontario Center Parkway.

"Community members who wish to honor Deputy Nuñez are invited to gather safely along the routed surface streets," according to the sheriff's department. "Please follow all laws, remain on sidewalks and follow directions from law enforcement officers who will be assisting with traffic control."

The funeral service will be livestreamed on the sheriff’s department’s YouTube channel, San Bernardino Sheriff - YouTube.

Nuñez was gunned down at about 12:37 p.m., on Monday, Oct. 27, when deputies were dispatched to the 12300 block of Hollyhock Drive in Rancho Cucamonga regarding a report of an armed man threatening a woman.

When deputies arrived at the scene, they were immediately fired upon, according to the sheriff's department.

"One deputy was struck and was airlifted to a hospital," the agency reported.

That deputy, later identified as Nuñez, died the same day. He left behind a pregnant wife and a 2-year-old daughter. He was a six-year veteran of the sheriff's department.

During a press briefing that afternoon, San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus said, "We are embedded in sorrow. Unfortunately for this department, it happens way too often."

The suspect in the shooting was identified as Angelo Jose Saldivar, 47. Rather than surrender, he fled the scene on a motorcycle and crashed on eastbound Interstate 210 at Campus Avenue, west of Etiwanda, according to law enforcement.

The San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office said the high-speed motorcycle pursuit endangered the lives of motorists until Saldivar was finally stopped by "a legal intervention." An off-duty narcotics deputy deliberately struck Salvidar's motorcycle with his vehicle.

Saldivar was hospitalized due to injuries sustained in the crash, but was later booked into West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga. In addition to murder, he was charged with attempted kidnapping and assault with a semiautomatic firearm. He is also charged with one count each of discharge of a firearm, evading an officer, false imprisonment by violence, and battery on a spouse.

Saldivar is due in court Dec. 4.