Death by Cop 2022-2024
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Richard Viscarra, Jr.
Gender : Male
Age : 42
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 06/22/2024
Location : Unknown
City : Atascosa
County : Atascosa
State : Texas
Agency : Atascosa County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during mental health crisis
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Richard Viscarra Jr. was a navy vet with PTSD who on previous occasions needed mental health help. Police were aware of this and Viscarra’s wife called them because he was exacerbated again and threatened self-harm. Police arrived, saw him with a knife and shot and killed him. The wife states that he had pointed the knife only at himself and was not a threat to police.
