Death by Cop- 2022

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Emanuel Padilla-Tirado

Case # :1267

Gender : Male

Age : 31

Race : Latinx

Date : 09/14/2022

Location : 413 Lancaster Ave

City : Reading

County : Berks

State : Pennsylvania

Agency : Reading PD

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during arrest

Disposition : Justified by DA

Open Records Summary :

Reading PDarrived to arrest Emanuel Padilla- on multiple outstanding warrants. Police tried to block the victim's car from leaving a parking lot. They shot and killed Padilla-Tirado after he allegedly did not stop and “drove his car toward officers.” The killing was justified by the DA.

Source Links :

https://www.readingeagle.com/2022/10/05/reading-officer-shot-suspect-justifified-da/

https://local21news.com/news/local/reading-police-officer-justified-in-shooting-wanted-man-at-wawa

https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/charges-will-not-be-filed-against-reading-police-officer-who-shot-a-man-during-arrest-last-month-berks-county-da/