LAPD SWAT Simmons – Patricia Nazario

A five-part series of live reports on the killing of LAPD SWAT Officer Randal Simmons, Feb. 7, 2008.

Live 1: LAPD SWAT Officer Killed: Simmons

Overnight in Winnetka, a gunman shot two LAPD SWAT officers, killing Officer Randal Simmons.

LAPD officers and firefighters investigate a Winnetka home hours after two SWAT officers were shot.

LAPD Capt. Michelle Veenstra arrives at the hospital where her husband, SWAT Officer James Veenstra, is in surgery.

Reporters await news conferences from Veenstra’s surgeon, LAPD Chief William Bratton and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

SWAT Officer James Veenstra is out of surgery, hours after his partner, Randal Simmons, was killed.