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Sergio Mencia Ramos

Age : 58

Gender : Male

Race : Latino/a/e

Date : 01/21/2026

Location : Unknown

City : Yuma

County : Yuma

State : Arizona

Agency : Yuma Police Department

Officer(s) :

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during traffic stop

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 01/21/2026, two officers from the Yuma Police Department were conducting surveillance on a residence suspected of drug-related activity when the occupants of a vehicle leaving the residence failed to stop for a traffic stop. Officers located the vehicle near 16th Avenue and Colorado Street, where it entered a dead-end alley. A preliminary review of body-worn camera footage indicates the driver, Sergio Mencia Ramos, used the vehicle in a way that endangered officers by appearing to pin one officer against a fence and driving toward another. Both officers discharged their weapons, striking Ramos. Officers provided emergency medical aid, but Ramos was pronounced dead at the scene. A 42-year-old male passenger was not injured. The Yuma Regional Critical Incident Response Team is conducting an independent investigation.
 

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/driver-shot-killed-arizona-officers-during-traffic-stop-pd