A memorial is growing outside the Jurupa Valley sheriff's station as family, friends and community members come to honor and remember Deputy Isaiah Cordero.
"In my heart I knew that my nephew had passed, cause I could feel it profoundly in my soul that his spirit left," Cordero's uncle Carlos Padilla told FOX 11.
Cordero worked for the sheriff's department since 2014 and recently became a motor deputy assigned to Jurupa Valley. "He was a very compassionate person. He would tell me every time ‘if I pull people over and they’re courteous and polite I always cut them a break'. And he goes ‘I got to do my job but I try to be as easy as I could on people who show me respect and courtesy' and that's the kind of person he is."Cordero also helped his cousin, motivating Padilla's son to become a deputy as well.
"To be able to come and just pay your respects and to give people a little a peace at a time when everyone's hurting. My fellow coworkers are hurting, the community is hurting, it just gives a little peace and everybody loves music," said Jennifer Copper who works for the sheriff's department. Accused Riverside Co.
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