[CA] On day ONE, investigators said Officer Macias killed his own son Brian in self defense.

Many LAPD officials were at the scene late Thursday...

It appears that Los Angeles County Sheriff's investigators KNOW ON THE FIRST DAY why 12-year veteran Los Angeles Police Officer Fernando Macias shot and killed his own son. They JUST KNOW.

17 year old Brian Matthew Macias is dead and can't say a word, so...

THE SAME DAY that Officer Macias shot and killed his son, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Homicide Bureau Lt. David Coleman said

"It appears to be self-defense."

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Jeff Gordon early on the NEXT DAY:

"It was self-defense."

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Sheriff's Spokesman Steve Whitmore:

"It was a family and he was fearing for his life. He assaulted the man and the man was forced to defend himself"...

Brian is voiceless, but his friends aren't:

...Monrovia High School seniors Paul Gilbert and Chris Rivera said Brian Macias has been their close friend and classmate since middle school. "We've know him forever. I can't believe he's gone," Gilbert said. "He was always respectful to his father because he was a cop and Brian wanted to be a cop." Gilbert and Rivera said they question the circumstances under which the 5-foot-9-inch tall and 140-pound Macias instilled mortal fear in his father... "He wanted to go to college with us in Arizona and join the force to makes his dad happy, but he can't do that anymore," Rivera said...

[Be sure to see in comment section the article regarding the soon-after death of Brain's 23 year old brother, Gregory. Brian Matthew Macias and Gregory Philip Macias share a headstone.]

HOMICIDE INVESTIGATORS REMAIN TIGHT-LIPPED OVER 17-YEAR-OLD SHOT BY COP DAD
Pasadena Star News
By Thomas Himes Staff Writer
Posted: 03/01/2010
[Excerpts] Sheriff's officials Monday remained tight-lipped about a domestic dispute that led a veteran LAPD reserve officer to shoot and kill his 17-year-old son inside their Monrovia area home. Los Angeles Police Department Reserve Officer Fernando Macias shot and killed his son, Brian Macias, Thursday after the teen allegedly attacked him with a picture frame, according to an LAPD statement. "During the argument, Brian grabbed a large glass framed picture off a wall and attacked Macias with the frame. As Brian advanced on Macias, he attempted to strike him with the framed picture. Macias backed up a flight of stairs and fired one round at Brian. The round struck Brian in the chest and he fell to the floor," the LAPD statement said. Sheriff's homicide investigators are handling the investigation, but officials would not confirm the statement's narrative of events. The shooting appeared to be in self-defense, sheriff's officials have said. "I won't confirm or deny that. It's part of our investigation," sheriff's homicide Lt. Dave Coleman said... "The Los Angeles Police Department's Force Investigation Division (FID) also responded and assumed responsibility for the administrative investigation," according to the LAPD statement. Coleman said he is not worried LAPD officers contaminated the crime scene. "Any access they would have had would have been under the supervision of myself or the investigators," Coleman said... Fernando Macias is a 12-year veteran of LAPD's reserve force... Fernando Macias has not been arrested or charged with a crime in the homicide... [Full article here]

TEENAGE MALE ATTACKS AN OFFICER LEADING TO AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING
LAPD Blog:
March 01, 2010
[Excerpt] ...Reserve Officer Fernando Macias, 12 years and 8 months with the department, was at his home in the city of Monrovia. He and his son, Brian Macias, 17 years of age, became involved in an argument. During the argument, Brian grabbed a large glass framed picture off a wall and attacked Macias with the frame. As Brian advanced on Macias, he attempted to strike him with the framed picture. Macias backed up a flight of stairs and fired one round at Brian. The round struck Brian in the chest and he fell to the floor... [Full article here]

TEEN SHOT AT HOME IN COUNTY AREA NEAR MONROVIA-ARCADIA
Pasadena Star News
Brian Days
02/25/2010
[Excerpts] A teenage boy was shot and killed Thursday in an unincorporated county area between Monrovia and Arcadia, authorities said. The shooting was reported about 6 p.m. in the 100 block of East Andre Street, sheriff's Deputy Aura Sierra said. A person of interest, an adult, was being questioned late Thursday, sheriff's Lt. Tom McNeal said... Detectives for the sheriff's Homicide Bureau were sent to help in the investigation. [Full article here]

...Many LAPD officials were at the scene late Thursday. Coleman said they were only monitoring the investigation...

RESERVE OFFICER SHOOTS, KILLS YOUNG MAN IN COUNTY AREA NEAR MONROVIA-ARCADIA
Pasadena Star News
Brian Days brian.day@sgvn.com
626-578-6300, ext. 4586
Posted: 02/25/2010
[Excerpts] A Los Angeles Police Department reserve officer apparently shot and killed a young man in self-defense Thursday in an unincorporated county area between Monrovia and Arcadia, sheriff's officials said. The shooting was reported about 6 p.m. at a home in the 100 block of East Andre Street, sheriff's Deputy Aura Sierra said. Sheriff's Homicide Bureau Lt. David Coleman said the shooting occurred after "some type of family argument" at the home... "It appears to be self-defense," Coleman said of the shooting. He declined to say whether the young man was related to the officer or whether he was armed... Many LAPD officials were at the scene late Thursday. Coleman said they were only monitoring the investigation. [Full article here]

OFF-DUTY LAPD RESERVE OFFICER FATALLY SHOOTS SON IN MONROVIA
latimesblogs.latimes.com
Andrew Blankstein and Robert J. Lopez
February 25, 2010 11:00 pm
[Excerpts] An off-duty Los Angeles Police Department reserve officer fatally shot his son Thursday evening at the family's home in Monrovia, authorities said. The shooting took place about 6 p.m. in the 100 block of Andre Street, said Steve Whitmore, spokesman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The name and age of the victim were not released... "We don't know if there's going to be an arrest," Whitmore said. "It's early in the investigation." The officer's name was not released. [Full article here]

CORONER IDENTIFIES 17-YEAR-OLD SHOT TO DEATH BY POLICE OFFICER FATHER
Pasadena Star News
Posted: 02/26/2010 09:27:28 AM PST
84 Comments
[Excerpts] The Los Angeles County Department of Coroner Friday identified the 17-year-old boy who was shot to death by his father in an unincorporated county area near Monrovia. Brian Macias died Thursday night after his father fired on him during an argument... The boy's father is a reserve LAPD officer. He was not arrested, and authorities have not identified him. Los Angeles County Sheriff's homicide detectives are investigating the homicide... [Full article here]

OFF-DUTY OFFICER SHOOTS, KILLS SON
myFOXla.com
Reporter: Bob Decastro
Posted by: Scott Coppersmith
Friday, 26 Feb 2010
[Excerpts] A shooting in which an off-duty Los Angeles Police Department reserve officer killed his teenage son in self-defense at the family's home in the Monrovia area was under investigation today, authorities said... "It was self-defense," Deputy Jeff Gordon said early today... The son was pronounced dead at the scene, Sierra said... [Full article here]

DETECTIVES: RESERVE LAPD OFFICER SHOT SON IN SELF-DEFENSE
InsideSoCal
Frank Girardot, Brian Day
February 26, 2010 2:31 PM
4 Comments [Excerpts] ...[A group of young men who identified themselves as Macias' friends] said said Macias aspired to go to college and become a police officer. They doubted that an argument between the teen and his father needed to end in death. "He was always respectful to his father because his father was a cop and he wanted to be a cop," said Paul Gilbert, 17. "He was just a nice kid, he didn't mean any harm to anybody." [Full article here]

FRIENDS MOURN THE LOSS OF MONROVIA TEEN KILLED BY FATHER IN "SELF-DEFENSE"
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
By Thomas Himes
Posted: 02/26/2010 04:41:16 PM PS
93 comments
[Excerpts] Monrovia High School students Friday mourned the loss of one of their own after he was shot and killed by his police officer father during an argument. Sheriff's officials said Brian Macias' father, a Los Angeles Police Department reserve officer, was acting in self-defense Thursday when he opened fire on his 17-year-old son. "Homicide investigators and prosecutors determined it to be self-defense," sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said. "It was a family and he was fearing for his life. He assaulted the man and the man was forced to defend himself"... Monrovia High School seniors Paul Gilbert and Chris Rivera said Brian Macias has been their close friend and classmate since middle school. "We've know him forever. I can't believe he's gone," Gilbert said. "He was always respectful to his father because he was a cop and Brian wanted to be a cop." Gilbert and Rivera said they question the circumstances under which the 5-foot-9-inch tall and 140-pound Macias instilled mortal fear in his father. "It just doesn't make any sense. He was a nice kid. He didn't meant any harm to anybody," Rivera said. "His father should have handled it a different way. He didn't have to kill him." Prosecutors with the District Attorney's Office Justice System Integrity Division will oversee the sheriff's investigation... Coroner's officials would not say Friday afternoon how many times or where on the body Macias was shot because they had yet to complete their report, Assistant Coroner Ed Winter said. Rivera and Gilbert said the tragedy will have long lasting effects. "He wanted to go to college with us in Arizona and join the force to makes his dad happy, but he can't do that anymore," Rivera said... [Full article here]
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