Canyon Country resident and Burbank Police Department officer Matthew Pavelka was honored on Wednesday, Nov. 15 on the 20th anniversay of his death with a flagpole and plaque dedicatation ceremony at Johnny Carson Park in Burbank.
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The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) was enacted in 2005 following extensive lobbying by the gun industry to shield gun manufacturers and dealers from civil litigation.
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EXCLUSIVE: California’s Burbank Police Department had not lost an officer in the line of duty by gunfire in 83 years – until one tragic night.
On Nov. 15, 2003, a suspicious parked SUV without a license plate was stopped by Officer Gregory Campbell at the Ramada Inn parking lot.
Matthew Pavelka, who had been with the department for only 10 months after serving five years in the U.S. Air Force as a military police officer, arrived as backup. The officers suspected possible drug activity. Officer Matthew Pavelka in his police cruiser.
The gunfire that killed Matthew Pavelka
Campbell's suspects were two men -- later identified as Ramon Arranda, and David Garcia -- who were in a black Cadillac Escalade near the Ramada Inn, just outside the Burbank Airport. Campbell noticed there was no license plate and since the area was suspicious for drug dealings, he requested the driver to step out of the vehicle. Campbell had already requested backup, and Pavelka was on the scene, approaching the vehicle by the time the driver, Arranda, got out and opened fire. He shot Campbell in the torso and side of the head, knocking the officer down before Pavelka engaged him. The passenger, Garcia, then stepped out and shot Pavelka repeatedly, after Arranda was fatally wounded.
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