Crime & Safety
Training Facility To Be Named For Slain Long Beach Fire Captain
Long Beach Fire Department Captain David Rosa was shot while responding to a report of an explosion at a senior living facility.
LONG BEACH, CA — The Long Beach Fire Department's Regional Training Center will be renamed the Long Beach Fire Department Captain David Rosa Regional Training Center on the first anniversary of his fatal shooting while responding to a report of an explosion at a senior living facility.
Rosa, 45, was shot when he and other firefighters went to the Covenant Manor, an 11-story building in the 600 block of East Fourth Street about 4 a.m. June 25, 2018. He died at a hospital.
Rosa was a 17-year veteran of the Long Beach Fire Department. His last assignment was at Fire Station 10 in central Long Beach. Before that, he served as a training captain.
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The suspect in the killing Thomas Man Kim, 77, a resident of the building, died Aug. 5 from a pre-existing medical condition while housed in the jail ward at County-USC Medical Center.
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