Death by Cop- 2022
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Ringo Van Winkle
Case # :219
Gender : Male
Age : 32
Race : White
Date : 02/17/2022
Location : Alma School Rd+Main St
City : Mesa
County : Maricopa
State : Arizona
Agency : Mesa PD
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot+Taser+beanbags
Event : Killed by police when reported as shooting gun outdoors
Disposition : Pending Investigation
Open Records Summary :
Mesa PD were alerted by a surveillance camera monitoring system mounted at an intersection that someone was firing shots outdoors. Police arrived and fired tasers at the man, then fired beanbag rounds and finally fired live bullets and killed Ringo Van Winkle. Police did not clarify whether he had or used a weapon at the time that he was killed