Fundraiser Underway To Help Family Of Slain Long Beach Fire Capt.

LONG BEACH, CA – A donation fund was set up Wednesday to help the family of Long Beach Fire Capt. Dave Rosa, who was shot to death Monday while responding to a report of an explosion at a Long Beach home for low-income seniors.

Rosa, 45, a 17-year veteran with a wife and two children, was fatally shot while responding about 4 a.m. Monday to Covenant Manor, an 11-story building in the 600 block of East Fourth Street, the LBFD reported. Funeral services were pending.

A second firefighter – Ernesto Torres, 35, a 10-year veteran – suffered a graze wound and was treated at a hospital and released. A civilian resident of the building, reported to be a man in his 70s, was also wounded and was hospitalized in critical but stable condition.

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The suspect, 77-year-old Thomas Kim, also a resident of the senior housing facility, was arrested at the scene and booked on suspicion of murder, attempted murder and arson. He remained in custody on $2 million bail.

No charges had been filed as of late Wednesday morning.

Information about the fund is available at www.friendsoflbfire.org/police-fire-memorial, according to the LBFD.

City News Service contributed to this post; Photo of Capt. Dave Rosa courtesy of Long Beach Police Department