Death by Cop- 2022
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John Paz
Case # :1127
Gender : Male
Age : 33
Race : Latinx
Date : 08/08/2022
Location : 500 block of Ponderosa Dr
City : Colorado Springs
County : El Paso
State : Colorado
Agency : Colorado Springs PD
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
Disposition : No known charges
Open Records Summary :
After a shooting was reported in Colorado Springs, police arrived, among them SWAT officer Andrew Peery. Peery and Paz shot at each other. Officer Peery was killed. A deceased woman who was apparently the wife of Paz with whom he was undergoing a divorce was also found dead. John Paz committed suicide under police duress.