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Officer-Involved Shooting in Olympic Division NRF023-25bb

June 5, 2025

June 5, 2025    NRF023-25dm

UPDATE

On Thursday, June 5, 2025, the Chief of Police authorized the release of the officer’s name who was involved in an Officer Involved Shooting that occurred in Olympic Area. The involved officer is Olympic Area Police Officer III Andres Martinez, Serial No. 41620.

 

**The following information is based on a preliminary and ongoing investigation, which continues to evolve as investigators interview witnesses, review physical and electronic records, and analyze forensic evidence. The Department’s understanding of the facts and circumstances may change as additional evidence is collected and analyzed**

Los Angeles: The Los Angeles Police Department’s (LAPD) Force Investigation Division is investigating an Officer-Involved Shooting (OIS) that occurred in Olympic Division.

On June 3, 2025, around 10:00 p.m., Olympic Patrol Division uniformed officers responded to a radio call of an Assault with a Deadly Weapon (ADW) shots fired, at an apartment complex
located on the 1000 block of Ardmore Avenue. As the officers were entering the complex, the suspect, later identified as 35-year-old Ronald Gainer Jr, appeared from an apartment, while armed with a firearm, and an Officer-Involved Shooting (OIS) occurred. Gainer was struck by gunfire and retreated into the apartment but was taken into custody a short time later without further incident. The Los Angeles Fire Department transported Gainer to a local hospital where he was pronounced deceased.

It was later determined that earlier in the evening, Gainer was involved in a domestic violence incident with his girlfriend, who fled the apartment. Gainer then exited the apartment and discharged a firearm in the air and at an adjacent apartment building, prompting the radio call.

No officers or community members were injured during this incident.

A black steel, Smith & Wesson M&P .40 caliber semiautomatic handgun, empty magazines, and discharged cartridge cases were recovered at scene and booked as evidence. An additional handgun, magazine, and ammunition were recovered from inside the apartment.

Force Investigation Division (FID) investigators along with representatives from the California Department of Justice (DOJ) responded to the scene and are investigating this incident.

Notifications to Gainer’s next of kin were conducted by representatives from LAPD’s Family
Liaison Section.

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