Meki Gaono was 17 when he and two alleged gang members opened fire on Officer Dan Bessant days before Christmas in 2006. He ...

Meki Gaono was resentenced to life without parole plus 51 years for the murder of Oceanside Police Officer Bessant at age 17, ...

Meki Gaono was 17 years old when he and two alleged gang members opened fire on Officer Dan Bessant days before Christmas in ...

While Officer Daniel Bessant was on a traffic stop, Meki Gaono, now 36, trained a rifle on the 25-year-old lawman from down ...

Meki Gaono, now 36, was originally convicted of first-degree murder in 2009 and sentenced to life without parole plus 61 ...

A man who was 17 when he shot and killed an Oceanside police officer was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the ...

A gang member who shot and killed an Oceanside Police officer in 2006 was back in court Monday for resentencing due to a recent change in state law affecting juveniles convicted as adults.

Meki Gaono, now 35, shot and killed Oceanside police Officer Dan Bessant on Dec. 20, 2006, from long range while Bessant was assisting a fellow officer with a traffic stop in a gang-plagued ...

An Oceanside gang member who was 17 years old when he shot and killed a police officer in 2006 could potentially walk free from prison this week after 18 years in custody due to a series of ...