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Juan Osornio

Age : 39

Gender : Male

Race : Latino/a/e

Date : 08/16/2026

Location : 1600 block of Oblate Avenue

City : Mission

County : Hidalgo

State : Texas

Agency : Mission Police Department

Officer(s) :Not disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during mental health/high-stress response

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/16/2026, 39-year-old Juan Osornio was shot and killed by Mission Police Department officers inside his family's home in the 1600 block of Oblate Avenue in Mission, Texas.
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At approximately 12:04 a.m., Mission officers responded to what the department described only as a report involving a person in a “high-stress situation.”
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Police alleged Osornio was armed with a knife and moved toward another person and responding officers, causing officers to fire.
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Police subsequently released photographs they said showed Osornio holding a knife and holding an unidentified woman by the neck before moving toward officers.
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Osornio's family gives a sharply different account. His sister, Blanca Osornio, said her mother and Juan were sitting together on a couch when someone knocked loudly on the door.
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According to Blanca, when her mother opened the door, police immediately deployed a Taser against Juan without first giving commands. She said Juan pushed their mother away so she would not be hurt and officers then began shooting him.
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Blanca said the family did not know who had called police and said her mother's phone remained inside the residence. The family has demanded an explanation for why officers were sent to the home and what information they had before entering.
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Six Mission police officers involved in the response were placed on administrative leave.
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The family described Osornio as the youngest sibling, only months from his 40th birthday. After his father's death approximately two years earlier, he had remained with his mother and helped care for her.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
Mission Police Department has not publicly identified the officers involved. Six officers were placed on administrative leave after the shooting.
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SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.krgv.com/news/they-just-tased-him-they-started-firing-mission-woman-speaks-out-after-brother-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting
https://www.krgv.com/news/watch-live-mission-family-responds-to-new-details-in-deadly-officer-involved-shooting/