The man accused of fatally shooting a Baldwin Park police officer and another man remained in the hospital Wednesday, awaiting arraignment, one day after being charged with two counts of murder and other crimes.

The murder charges filed Tuesday against Eduardo Roberto Medina-Berumen, 22, include the special circumstance allegations of multiple murders and murder of a peace officer that could open him up to a possible death sentence if convicted as charged. District Attorney Nathan Hochman said his office will decide later whether to seek capital punishment.

The murder charges stem from the gun battle Saturday that killed 35-year-old Officer Samuel Riveros — a nine-year department veteran — along with the shooting minutes earlier of 43-year-old Darius Wong, a married father of two young d

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