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Jan. 5, 2018

Slain attorney remembered as excellent lawyer, family man

After the shooting of two Long Beach attorneys by one of their partners, motives remain unclear.

Slain attorney remembered as excellent lawyer, family man

After the shooting of two Long Beach attorneys by one of their partners, motives remain unclear as friends and colleagues come to grips with the events.

On the afternoon of Dec. 29, John A. Mendoza entered Perona, Langer, Beck, Serbin, and Harrison, a Long Beach firm where he was a partner, during a holiday party. He shot to death senior managing partner Major Alan Langer and severely wounded partner Ronald Beck, said a press statem...

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