Death by Cop- 2024

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Juan Isaias Lara

Case # :1639

Gender : Male

Age : 44

Race : Latinx

Date : 01/29/2024

Location : Bayberry Rd

City : Gilmer

County : Upshur

State : Texas

Agency : Upshur County Sheriff’s Office

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of death : Gunshot

Event : Suicide under police duress

Open records summary :

Upshur County deputies were sent to bayberry Road where Juan Lara was allegedly suicidal. Police arrived and found him with 2 guns and began shooting beanbags at the despondent man. He committed suicide under police duress under the attack. He left behind a family of five.

Source links :

https://www.kltv.com/2024/01/30/texas-rangers-investigating-mans-suicide-upshur-county/