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Christian Baltazar Torres

Gender : Male

Age : 18

Race : Latino/a/e

Date : 04/07/2023

Location : Unknown

City : Oxnard

County : Ventura

State : California

Agency : Oxnard PD

Officer(s) :Jarrod Sheffield

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police while holding knife

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Several people called 911 to report a man with a knife in a residential area. The man then got into another person’s truck. Oxnard PD arrived and ordered him to drop the knife. An officer shot him with a Taser gun. Police fired rubber bullets. Finally, Oxnard PD shot and killed Christian Baltazar Torres.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://calcoastnews.com/2023/04/details-video-of-oxnard-officer-involved-fatal-shooting/

https://thepublicsradio.org/article/mexico-says-us-police-shooting-unreasonable-use-of-force