Former Whittier Detectives Indicted for Shooting Unarmed Man and Separate Abuse Case.

Two former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies, Miguel Vega and Chris Hernandez, who were involved in the controversial 2020 killing of 18-year-old Andres Guardado, have been indicted for violating the civil rights of a skateboarder they allegedly forced into the back of their cruiser and threatened with violence before crashing the vehicle in 2020. They are charged with conspiracy, witness tampering, falsification of records, and deprivation of rights. If convicted, both former deputies face decades in prison.