Trial of Former School Safety Officer Ends in Mistrial as Jury Deadlocks on Murder Charge
Long Beach, California – A mistrial was declared by a judge after jurors reached a deadlock in the trial of Eddie Gonzalez, a former Long Beach Unified School District safety officer charged with the murder of an 18-year-old woman in a shooting incident near Millikan High School. The jury was split 7-5, with the majority leaning towards convicting Gonzalez of second-degree murder. The shooting of Manuela “Mona” Rodriguez on September 27, 2021, resulted in Gonzalez …