Death by Cop- 2022

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Lee Roy Villareal

Case # :1341

Gender : Male

Age : 36

Race : Latinx

Date : 09/27/2022

Location : 2800 block of E Rogers Rd

City : Edinburg

County : Hidalgo

State : Texas

Agency : Edinburg PD

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police while doing donuts

Disposition : Gunshot

Open Records Summary :

Edinburgh PD were responding to a call about a man doing "donuts" with his vehicle in an open field. There was another report of a man entered a nearby residence who was highly intoxicated.He locked himself in his vehicle. Accounts by police are conflicting with bystanders who said that the victim was afraid to come out of the vehicle due to the number of surrounding officers. When he came out of the vehicle, he was shot "more than 30 times." Police claimed that it was a "suicide by cop" but family report that this was not true.

Source Links :

https://www.valleycentral.com/news/local-news/edinburg-pd-identifies-man-killed-in-standoff-with-police/

https://www.krgv.com/news/watch-live-edinburg-police-to-provide-update-on-deadly-officer-involved-shooting

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