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Oscar Alcantara
Case # :216
Gender : Male
Age : 30
Race : Latinx
Date : 02/18/2022
Location : Hwy 91+E Biasi Ranch Rd
City : Bever Dam
County : Mohave
State : Arizona
Agency : St. George PD
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during parental kidnapping
Disposition : Pending Investigation
Open Records Summary :
St. George PD where initially sent to a disorderly conduct call when they noticed Oscar Alcantara entering a vehicle with another driver. Police stop the vehicle and the driver ran away. He allegedly told police that Alcantara had a gun and was in the vehicle with her infant the man then drove away at a very rabbit speed. Police escalated a lengthy chase, and Alcantara finally stopped and ran into the open field with the infant. Police called him by cell phone and reported that he threatened to kill the infant and was seen pointing a gun at the at that point police fired high-powered rifles and killed him with the infant in his arms.
Source Links :
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2022/02/18/man-who-threatened-shoot/