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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