Death by Cop 2022-2024
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Christopher Ortega
Gender : Male
Age : 22
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 07/02/2022
Location : 7200 block of LaFrance in Old Bayou Vista
City : Galveston
County : Galveston
State : Texas
Agency : Hitchcock Police Department
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Drowned
Event : Drowned during police chase
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Santa Fe Police escalated a chase when a pickup truck was clocked at going 96 mph in a 55 mph zone and the truck did not stop for police. Police allege that he eventually stopped and fired shots at police. A patrol vehicle was shot three times. Police allege that the driver, Christopher Ortega, went into the water where he reportedly stabbed himself in the chest and pounded the knife deeper into his chest, police claim. He eventually drowned in the waters of Highland Bayou, which feeds into Galveston Bay.
