nikos pizzeria | The Official LAPD SWAT Officer Randy Simmons Website

Posts Tagged ‘nikos pizzeria’

Pizzeria To Hold Fundraiser For Family Of Slain SWAT Officer

Friday, February 29, 2008 @ 11:02 PM Author:

Pizzeria To Hold Fundraiser For Family Of Slain SWAT Officer Simmons, 51, Killed In Line Of Duty Earlier This Month February 29, 2008 LOS ANGELES — A fundraiser was set to be held in San Pedro Saturday to benefit the family of slain SWAT Officer Randy Simmons, City News Service reported.Niko Tsouloufas, owner of Niko’s Pizzeria, 399 W. Sixth St., will donate 50 percent of the restaurant’s sales proceeds, collected from 10 a.m. to midnight, to the Los Angeles Police Department officer’s widow and two children.”Randy Simmons was truly an amazing person,” said city councilwoman Janice Hahn, who is scheduled to attend the event. “`He was an exemplary officer and a great husband and father. He was a member of our Harbor area community, but he touched lives all over the city. This fundraiser gives us the opportunity to thank his family for sharing him with us for all of these years.” Two weeks ago the owners of a Burger King restaurant near downtown Los Angeles raised $75,000 for the family.Simmons, 51, became the first SWAT officer to die in the line of duty when he was killed in a Feb. 7 gun battle with a young man who killed his father and two brothers inside a Winnetka home before turning his sights on police. The 20-year-old man was shot and killed by officers.Copyright 2008 by KNBC.com and KNBC (NBC4 Los Angeles)