Santa Ana Police Sgt. John Centanni, 51, at his home in Yorba Linda, reflects on the death of his son, Rick, a 19-year-old Marine lance corporal killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Members of the Santa Ana Police Department arrive at Sgt. John Centanni’s home in Yorba Linda to offer their condolences on the death of his son. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Esperanza High School in Anaheim remembered Rick Centanni, a graduate of the class of 2008, in many ways, including announcing his death over the intercom and putting his yearbook out at the front desk. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
LAPD Chief Charlie Beck and other officers at a Police Academy graduation ceremony are somber about the death of SWAT Officer Robert Cottle, the department’s first member to be killed in post-9/11 combat. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
SWAT Officer Joe Goosby of the Los Angeles Police Department weeps after speaking at the Police Academy about Cottle, a SWAT officer with whom he worked. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
