Jury deliberating in trial of ex-Long Beach Unified safety officer

By TERRI VERMEULEN KEITH | City News Service

Jurors wrapped up deliberations for the day Monday, April 15, without reaching a verdict in the trial of a former Long Beach Unified School District safety officer charged with murder for shooting an 18-year-old woman near Millikan High School in 2021.

The Long Beach jury — which spent just over two hours behind closed doors Friday after being handed the case against Eddie Gonzalez — sent the judge a series of questions Monday, along with...