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El Monte Police Chief Ben Lowry dies at 45 of unspecified ‘health issues’
El Monte Police Chief Ben Lowry died Monday of unspecified “health issues,” department officials said. He was 45.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the Lowry family during this difficult time,” acting Chief Jake Fisher said in a release. “We are all at a loss and mourning a great leader, man, husband, son, friend, and colleague.”
Lowry, who had served as interim chief since December, was officially appointed to the post in June.
That month, Lowry was faced with the task of leading a police department rocked by the shooting deaths of two El Monte officers, Sgt. Michael Paredes and Officer Joseph Santana.
Lowry leads a procession at the June memorial service for El Monte’s fallen officers.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
“They left this world as valiant heroes,” Lowry said at a June funeral for Paredes and Santana, who were ambushed by a gunman in a motel room. “I am not saying that because of how they died. I’m saying that for how they lived.”
Lowry began his career in 2000 with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department before transferring to the El Monte Police Department in 2002. During his tenure with the department, he worked in the detective bureau, patrol division, and gang and nar
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Failure Pact is a newer hardcore band from Portland, Oregon that has some rocking tendencies which remind me of The Hope Conspiracy or The Suicide File. They’ve been pretty busy the last couple years, having put a song on the Blasphemour Records comp, self-releasing their “Care Less” 7” and most recently putting out a new tape called “Late Nights”. They’re currently in the midst of their first tour which is taking them along the West Coast.
I actually booked their guitar player Geoff’s old band Cynarae a few years ago but only realized recently that he was in the band, haha. Anyway, we hooked up a distro trade when their 7” came out last year, and the other day I was super stoked when an unsolicited copy of the “Late Nights” tape showed up in my mailbox. The new songs are an awesome step up…..the final song “Choice” is particularly strong with it’s awesome opening and deep emotional resonance.
I recently exchanged emails with their singer Ben to get some history on the band and talk about what they’ve been up to since. Read on.
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