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Dayve Hernandez Rafael
Gender : Male
Age : 19
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 04/11/2023
Location : Academy Sports + Outdoors store
City : Apex
County : Wake
State : North Carolina
Agency : Apex PD
Officer(s) :Denzel Ward
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during alleged shoplifting arrest
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
According to police, Davye Hernandez Rafael and a woman stole a box of ammunition from Academy Sports + Outdoors Apex shopping center store on the afternoon of April 11 and was shot and killed by Denzel Ward, the 29-year-old SBI agent. Rafael’s mother questions the entire narrative and states: “In the audios you can hear that no one knew that (Ward) was an officer,” she said.One caller described a man (Ward) choking another person.“He has him on the floor and he’s like, choking him,” a female caller told the 911 operator. He was finally shot and killed. More information on this event and the SBI unit of Apex PD is needed.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.yahoo.com/news/few-answers-durham-mother-whose-181756793.html
