Death by Cop  2022-2024

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Derrick Padilla

Gender : Male

Age : 29

Race : Latino/a/e

Date : 04/28/2022

Location : Simi Valley

City : Simi Valley

County : Ventura

State : California

Agency : Simi Valley PD

Officer(s) :David Maupin, Daniel Stradling

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during arrest

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Simi Valley PD saw Derrick Padilla and cornered him because he matched a description of someone LAPD had been looking for. It is unknown how the situation escalated but a shootout between Padilla and police ensued during which police killed him.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/communities/simi-valley/2022/04/28/officer-involved-shooting-simi-valley-reported-thursday-night/9580781002/

https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/communities/county/2022/05/02/suspect-derrick-padilla-died-officer-involved-shooting-ventura-county-wanted-murder-los-angeles-la/9618216002/

https://news.yahoo.com/officer-involved-shooting-simi-valley-041330626.html#:~:text=Ritchie%20Lew.,provided%20by%20LAPD%2C%20he%20said.&text=During%20the%20interaction%2C%20the%20man,returned%20fire%2C%20hitting%20the%20subject.

https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/communities/simi-valley/2022/05/11/simi-valley-police-shooting-derrick-padilla-los-angeles-homicide/9736444002/