Crime & Safety
Baldwin Park Shooting Suspect Makes First Court Appearance, Ordered Jailed Without Bail
Eduardo Roberto Medina-Berumen appeared at the Pomona Courthouse for his hearing in a wheelchair.
June 12, 2025 / 12:33 PM PDT
The 22-year-old man accused of shooting and killing a Baldwin Park police officer, and another man, made his first court appearance on Wednesday and was ordered to remain jailed without bail until his July 31 arraignment.
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Eduardo Roberto Medina-Berumen, who was injured in a gun battle with police during the May 31 incident, appeared at the Pomona Courthouse for his hearing in a wheelchair.
He faces two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of 35-year-old Officer Samuel Riveros and 43-year-old Darius Wong, a Hacienda Heights man and father of two. He also is charged with two counts of attempted murder for allegedly firing at two other Baldwin Park police officers, one who was wounded by gunfire.
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