RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. (KABC) -- A San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy who was shot and killed in the line of duty was honored Wednesday evening at a candlelight vigil in Rancho Cucamonga.

Deputy Andrew Nunez is also being honored with flags flying at half-staff throughout California, days after he was gunned down while responding to a domestic violence call.

Hundreds of people packed into the courtyard outside the Rancho Cucamonga sheriff's substation.

"We were one of the very first responding units to that help call," said Deputy Roberto Morales, who was there when the alleged gunman shot Nunez.

Morales was working alongside San Bernadino County sheriff's Deputy Hector Cuevas Jr. when Cuevas was killed in a crash during a chase in March.

"Everything I do, ever since Hector pas

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