Death by Cop  2022-2024

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John Ray Romero

Gender : Male

Age : 58

Race : White

Date : 12/08/2022

Location : 4200 42nd St

City : San Diego

County : San Diego

State : California

Agency : San Diego PD

Officer(s) :Jonathan Estrada, Michael Thornton, Gregory Bergman

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during mental health crisis

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

John Ray Romero was distraught and pointing a gun at his head when San Diego officers arrived. They fired beanbag rounds at him and finally shot him dead because he was holding a gun. Officer Anthony Bergman who fired fatal shots at Romero had previously killed Jesus Salvador Valeta, 22, while he was on his knees on July 23, 2021.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXmihaw0pRs&t=314s

https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/armed-man-shot-and-killed-in-teralta-west-neighborhood/509-83504bcb-9be6-432d-ab57-511a8cf3a9d1

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/story/2022-12-08/san-diego-police-shooting-reported-in-city-heights

https://www.sdsheriff.gov/Home/Components/News/News/1674/514

https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/authorities-investigate-shooting-involving-police-in-city-heights/

https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/san-diego-news/man-killed-by-san-diego-police-gunfire-in-teralta-west-was-wielding-airsoft-gun

https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sandiegouniontribune.com%2Fnews%2Fpublic-safety%2Fstory%2F2022-12-12%2Fstate-doj-investigating-fatal-san-diego-police-shooting-of-man-in-city-heights

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/story/2022-12-14/san-diego-police-release-video-of-fatal-shooting-by-officers-in-city-heights