Eddie F. Gonzalez, center, with lead attorney Michael Schwartz, right, and investigator Robert Dean, listen as a witness testifies during opening day proceedings in the trial of People vs. Eduardo Gonzalez in Dept. 21 at the Gov. George Deukmejian Courthouse in Long Beach on April 4.
Mandatory Credit:	Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images via CNN Newsource

Eddie F. Gonzalez, center, with lead attorney Michael Schwartz, right, and investigator Robert Dean, listen as a witness testifies during opening day proceedings in the trial of People vs. Eduardo Gonzalez in Dept. 21 at the Gov. George Deukmejian Courthouse in Long Beach on April 4.
Mandatory Credit: Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images via CNN Newsource

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California school safety officer pleads no contest to voluntary manslaughter in fatal shooting of 18-year-old

A former California school safety officer has pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter nearly three years after he was charged with murder for fatally shooting an 18-year-old woman as she tried to flee a physical altercation, officials said Tuesday.