Death by Cop- 2022
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David Pelaez-Chavez
Case # :1003
Gender : Male
Age : 36
Race : Latinx
Date : 07/29/2022
Location : Creek 1 mi from 5600 block of Thomas Rd
City : Healdsburg
County : Sonoma
State : California
Agency : Sonoma County SO
Officer(s) :Michael Dietrick
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police for unclear reasons
Disposition : No known charges
Open Records Summary :
Sonoma County deputies chased David Pelaez-Chavez and claim that he held a hammer and a garden tiller and he made “throwing motions” and they shot and killed him. Ten officers had chased him and opened fire. He was accused of breaking into a home, stealing a car, then fleeing from cops before the firing squad caught up with him.
This weas the second fatal shooting for officer Michael Dietrick who had previously shot and killed Joseph Louis Melvin in 2016.
Source Links :
pressdemocrat.com/article/news/family-of-man-killed-by-sonoma-county-sheriffs-deputy-pushes-for-independe/
The Joseph Louis Melvin case:
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/clearlake-man-shot-dead-by-police-officer-idd/