El Monte Police Officer Tyler Blue Dominguez recently learned his supervisor, Lt. Chris Cano, delivered the younger officer in his driveway 27 years ago. (Courtesy El Monte Police Department)

Tyler Dominguez, an El Monte police officer for two years, had a pleasant shock recently:

He learned his supervisor, Lt. Chris Cano, had delivered him in the driveway of the baby’s home 27 year ago, a complicated birth, and saved his life.

That realization came as Dominguez, 27, was telling his fellow officers about his unexpected birth.

That sparked Cano’s interest: He had worked as a paramedic in the San Gabriel Valley for several years before joining the El Monte Police Department, delivering 13 babies.

Cano continued to listen and learned Dominguez’s birth was complicated because his umbilical cord was wrapped around the newborn’s neck.

Cano remembered.

“(He) only had one birth where the newborn was fighting for his life with his umbilical cord wrapped around his neck,” explained an El Monte police press release made public this week. “Cano freed the infant who was turning a deep shade of blue, saving his life.”

Dominguez, who previously worked for the Arcadia Police Department, shared with the officers his unique middle name:


Because of his coloring when he was born.

(The two officers declined comment through the department.)


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