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Family shares heartbreak following Pomona double homicide
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It’s Prime Day 2—Here’s the 150+ best deals on Amazon, updated 24/7 MetroFamily left heartbroken as ex pro-skater daughter and sister is killed in alleged domestic violence horror: ‘Forever 24’
By Daniel Farr Published June 19, 2026, 11:06 p.m. ETSee more of our coverage in your search results.
Add The California Post on GoogleA heartbroken Southern California family is speaking out after their beloved daughter and sister was gunned down inside a Pomona apartment complex — only realizing she was the victim while watching a live police chase on television.
Veronica Lopez, 24, who was once a professional skateboarder, was shot and killed Thursday afternoon in what police say was a double homicide allegedly carried out by her boyfriend before he fled, triggering a multi-agency freeway pursuit that ended with his arrest.
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Now, her grieving relatives are left searching for answers.
“Why? Why did he kill my baby? Why did he kill her?” her mother, Sheila Lopez, told ABC7.
Officers responded just before 3:30 p.m. to reports of gunfire near Monterey and Garey avenues in Pomona. When they arrived, they found a man and a woman dead from gunshot wounds inside an apartment complex.
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Authorities have not publicly identified the second victim.
Family members identified the woman as Veronica Lopez, saying she lived in San Diego and had been dating suspect Robert Galtman for about two years despite repeated concerns from relatives about the relationship.
Loved ones described Lopez as a bright, talented young woman whose future was stolen in an instant.
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“She was our fifth daughter. Very beautiful, very young, very talented,” her father Coby Lopez told CBS. “She used to be a pro skater, had so much positives going in her life. I don’t know what kind of problems she was going through, but we tried to help her. … So young, taken out by a coward.”
Relatives remembered Lopez as someone whose “smile could light up a room” and who made everyone around her “feel loved and valued.”
Her sister Klarissa Lopez said the family realized something was wrong while watching live television coverage of the police chase.
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“We were watching the chase after it was live and my mom noticed the car and the dog that they rescued. We called Pomona police and they confirmed it with fingerprints that it was my sister Veronica,” She told ABC. “Veronica was a wonderful, wonderful daughter, very vibrant, happy and a go getter.”
Outside the apartment complex where the violence unfolded, family members gathered around a growing memorial of candles and balloons, mourning a daughter, sister and friend they say was loved by everyone who knew her.
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After the shooting, investigators say Galtman fled in a black Kia sedan, prompting a countywide manhunt.
Authorities later tracked the vehicle using an automatic license plate reader that detected it on the northbound 5 Freeway in Sylmar. The pursuit stretched for roughly 90 minutes before officers used a PIT maneuver to bring the chase to an end.
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Galtman was taken into custody and is being held on $3.1 million bail. He is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in Pomona.
As they prepare for funeral services, Lopez’s family has launched a GoFundMe campaign to help cover expenses and honor her memory.
In a tribute shared after her death, relatives summed up their grief in six heartbreaking words:
“Forever 24. Forever loved. Forever missed.”
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Badenoch blasts 'moaning' female Labour MPs over Burnham jobs 'quota'
Kemi Badenoch has told Labour women to earn a job in Andy Burnham's Cabinet instead of demanding they are handed jobs because of their gender.
The Tory leader lashed out today amid reports that female MPs are demanding the de-facto new prime minister introduce a 50:50 gender split 'quota' in his government.
Amid reports that former foreign secretary David Miliband is being lined up to return to the role, possibly with his brother Ed as Chancellor, one female minister also complained that Burnham could not have 'more Milibands than women' in the top posts.
But in a scathing article in the Times today Mrs Badenoch told them to 'stop moaning' and get chosen on merit instead of retreating into 'more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country'.
'There are many, many reasons why you shouldn't have any Milibands in the cabinet,' she said.
'But complaining that the boys haven't given them the right jobs or that the boys are taking all the jobs, just shows that Labour's women still don't get it.'
The idea of quotas was also attacked by Baroness Jacqui Smith, Labour's Skills Minister.
Asked by Times Radio if Mr Burnham should reserve jobs for women, she said: 'No, I think what Andy Burnham should be doing is building the very best team around him to change this country.'
A letter written by the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party has called on Mr Burnham to ensure a 50:50 split between men and women in government jobs
Amid reports that former foreign secretary David Miliband (above, right, in 2010) is being lined up to return to the role, possibly with his brother Ed as Chancellor, one female minister complained that Burnham could not have 'more Milibands than women' in the top posts
But Mrs Badenoch told them to pipe down and get chosen on merit instead of retreating into 'more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country'
A letter written by the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party and seen by the BBC has called on Mr Burnham to ensure a 50:50 split between men and women in government jobs after he succeeds Sir Keir Starmer.
'We are asking you to demonstrate this change from day one and address the toxicity and misogyny within our own party and government,' it said.
Labour has never had a female leader, while the Conservatives have had three, and Mrs Badenoch urged the government to follow its meritocratic example.
'If you run a meritocracy, then you do not have to worry about jobs for the boys,' she wrote.
'Every woman who is a Conservative MP, every woman who has ever won the leadership, has had to fight to get where she is.
'By contrast, Labour women are demanding guarantees from Burnham. But the truth is he doesn't have to give any guarantees.
'If none of Labour's women are prepared to get their hands dirty and challenge him for the leadership, their demands are toothless.'
'In fact, it's quite revealing that the women's parliamentary Labour Party has written to Burnham asking him to commit himself to at least 50 per cent female ministers.
'This has nothing to do with meritocracy. It is yet more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country.'
