One day after the Covenant Manor retirement home was rocked by an explosion and gunfire that took the life of a revered Long Beach fire captain, residents were settling back in while one of their neighbors was in jail awaiting criminal charges.

Almost all of the 80 residents who were evacuated early Monday and taken to a shelter are back home or in the process of returning, said James Park, a spokesman for HumanGood, the nonprofit group that operates the 100-unit, 11-story complex on East Fourth Street near Atlantic Avenue.

The boarded up apartment of 77-year-old Thomas Kim a resident of Covenant Manor, in Long Beach on Tuesday, June 26, 2018. Kim is suspected of opening fire on first responders and killing Long Beach Fire Department Capt. Dave Rosa, 45, on Monday morning. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press Telegram/SCNG)

Displaced Covenant Manor residents were shuttled to Silverado Park for medical evaluations and meals. The city and the American Red Cross set up cots in the gym. (Photo by Megan Barnes, Long Beach Press-Telegram/SCNG)

Officials investigate at Covenant Manor in the 600 block of E. 4th St. in Long Beach where Capt. Dave Rosa, 45, was killed on Monday, June 25, 2018 while responding to a fire call. Rosa and another firefighter were struck by gunfire while responding to reports of an explosion at the downtown Long Beach high-rise. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

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Fire Station 10 is covered in flowers and candles honoring Long Beach Fire Department Captain Dave Rosa, a 17-year veteran of the department in Long Beach on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, the morning after he was killed in the line of duty. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press Telegram/SCNG)

Nearby residents brought flowers to honor Long Beach Fire Department Captain Dave Rosa, a 17-year veteran of the department at Station 10 in Long Beach on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, the morning after he was killed in the line of duty. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press Telegram/SCNG)



Fire Station 10 is covered in flowers and candles honoring Long Beach Fire Department Captain Dave Rosa, a 17-year veteran of the department in Long Beach on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, the morning after he was killed in the line of duty. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press Telegram/SCNG)

Fire Station 10 is covered in flowers and candles honoring Long Beach Fire Department Captain Dave Rosa, a 17-year veteran of the department in Long Beach on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, the morning after he was killed in the line of duty. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press Telegram/SCNG)

Officials investigate at Covenant Manor in the 600 block of E. 4th St. in Long Beach where Capt. Dave Rosa, 45, was killed on Monday, June 25, 2018 while responding to a fire call. Rosa and another firefighter were struck by gunfire while responding to reports of an explosion at the downtown Long Beach high-rise. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

“We do have a few residents who can’t return right now; one in is in the hospital and one is staying a hotel because of the damage,” Park said. “We’re focusing on cleanup and remediation right now and making sure we’re taking care of the residents. The city and Red Cross were fantastic in the support they provided.”

He didn’t know who the hospitalized resident was or whether it was the same victim who was shot in the attack and taken to a hospital in critical condition. That man’s condition was not known Tuesday.

Body of slain Long Beach Fire Capt. Dave Rosa escorted to Laguna Woods mortuary

Displaced Covenant Manor residents were taken to a shelter set up by the city and the American Red Cross with cots, meals and medical supplies in the gymnasium of Silverado Park. They were allowed to return home about 5 p.m. Monday, Park said.

Kevin Lee, a spokesman for the city, said there were no major medical issues at the shelter. One individual was taken to the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Long Beach to refill an oxygen tank and another was transported to a dialysis appointment.

“Special accommodations were made to make sure residents gained access to their medications,” Lee said in an email. “The City’s Health Department in coordination with Parks, Recreation and Marine were amazing in caring for our residents and making sure they had what they needed, mentally, physically and emotionally. Under the circumstances, residents were in good spirits. The City’s Public Health Emergency Management Division expertly led the efforts.”

Fire Capt. Dave Rosa, 45, died of his injuries and firefighter Ernesto Torres suffered a graze wound and is expected to make a full recovery.

A procession led by Long Beach Fire Engine 10 left the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office after 3 p.m. to take Rosa’s body to McCormick & Son Mortuary in Laguna Woods.

The Fire Department has not yet announced a memorial service.

Thomas Kim, 77, a resident of the second floor of the apartment building, was arrested on suspicion of murder, attempted murder and arson. Police found a revolver at the scene and two suspicious devices in his apartment. They were working to determine a motive and whether he planned an ambush attack.

Detectives are expected to present the case to prosecutors Wednesday, said Long Beach Police Department spokeswoman Nancy Pratt. Kim was transferred to the jail ward at L.A. County-USC Medical Center because of medical reasons, she said.

On Tuesday morning, a security guard stood at the front of the facility watching for members of the media and non-residents. One of the building’s emergency exits was boarded up and a broken glass window rested against a fence.

Outside, residents Suzanne Smith and Rick Convay were chatting, processing the events.

“It was a little strange coming back here, particularly with the way it looks, all ripped up,” Convay said.

During the pre-dawn chaos Monday, he saw the gunman in the stairwell of the second floor and heard gunshots.

“I said, ‘He’s got a gun!’” Convay recalled.

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Smith said Kim had been hospitalized recently, and that he had fired a home worker.

In retrospect, that should have been a red flag, she said.

Police had recently been called to the residence because of a dispute Kim was having with a woman on the floor above him, she said.

“He was reserved mostly,” Smith said. “But he never made any problem or anything. Nobody really thought it could happen.”