Death by Cop 2022-2024
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Jesse Martinez
Gender : Male
Age : 34
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 09/01/2024
Location : 1200 block of Springbrook Drive
City : DeSoto
County : Dallas
State : Texas
Agency : DeSoto Police Department
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during investigation
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
DeSoto police states that a man traveling with two women and a small child knocked on a residential door in the middle of the night asking for water and appearing frantic. When police arrived, the man allegedly threatened to shoot them. They chased him to the 1200 block of Springbrook Drive, and shot and killed him while he was standing next to the child.