Armando De Leon is a minor character on The Rookie. He is a gangster, who is responsible for the death of Police Officer Jackson West. He is portrayed by Jose Velazquez.
History[]
In "Threshold", he arrives off-screen to the wedding of Angela Lopez and Wesley Evers. He and a band of gangsters proceed to kidnap the bride and one of her friends under the orders of Sandra de La Cruz.
During "Life and Death", LAPD watch camera footage of De Leon shooting Jackson West in the back while Jackson is trying to rescue Lopez. Jackson's body is dumped in a car, while Armando flees with his crew. However, Jackson was able to scratch De Leon in the struggle, getting some of his DNA, and it was processed and matched to De Leon, who has a record of offenses as a juvenile. Grey tracks down De Leon, who attempts to flee but is cornered. De Leon surrenders, before noticing Grey has the killing intent in his eyes. Indeed, Grey turns off his comms and contemplates killing him; De Leon tells him he isn't scared, only to appear unnerved when Grey reveals that the officer he shot was a member of his squad. Grey admitts that he would love to kill him in retribution for Jackson's death. However, he takes him into custody, knowing Jackson wouldn't approve.
De Leon is later charged for conspiracy and murder of a cop.
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- In "Life and Death," when looking for Armando, it says that he is born in 2014, but he is 17 years old.