Photos: Bell Gardens Mayor Daniel Crespo fatally shot

Standing outside the police station in Bell Gardens, William Crespo speaks to media denying the abuse allegations against his slain brother, Bell Gardens Mayor Daniel Crespo.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Flowers at the Bell Gardens City Hall in memory of slain Mayor Daniel Crespo.   (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

A small memorial sits near the front gate of the Bell Gardens complex where Mayor Daniel Crespo was shot and killed allegedly by his wife, Levette, according to officials.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Members of the media gather outside the home of slain Bell Gardens Mayor Daniel Crespo, a day after he was shot and killed.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Friends of the Crespo family embrace in the lobby of the Bell Gardens police station after the shooting death of the city’s mayor, Daniel Crespo.   (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

A police officer sets up a perimeter around the Bell Gardens home of Mayor Daniel Crespo where he was shot Tuesday.   (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Police officers outside the home of Bell Gardens Mayor Daniel Crespo.   (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Residents of a gated community in Bell Gardens where Mayor Daniel Crespo was shot mill around their residential compound.   (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)