16-year-old charged as adult with murder in California police officer's killing
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A 16-year-old has been charged as an adult with murder in the shooting death of a Southern California police officer in what investigators called a botched robbery.
The teen, Abel Diaz, was charged Friday with murder in the death of Downey police Officer Ricardo "Ricky" Galvez.
Diaz was set for a court appearance later Friday, when an attorney will be appointed to his case. He faces life in prison if convicted.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Two other men arrested in Galvez's killing are expected to be charged Monday. Their names haven't been released.
The 29-year-old Galvez was in plainclothes in the driver's seat of his personal car at the end of his shift Wednesday night when he was shot.
The former Marine, a five-year veteran of the police department, died in his car.