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Melanie Garcia

Gender : Female

Age : 36

Race : Latino/a/e

Date : 08/14/2022

Location : 1098 Willow Way

City : Santa Fe

County : Santa Fe

State : New Mexico

Agency : Santa Fe PD

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Suicide under police duress

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Santa Fe PD arrived at a residence at 1098 Willow Way because Melanie Garcia was allegedly behaving erratically. Police said that she had a gun and they attacked her with tasers. She shot and killed herself under police duress.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/new-mexico-police-say-woman-alleged-to-have-shot-self-in-officers-custody-wasnt-handcuffed/article_ed5075b0-1cae-11ed-b613-3b58df5199cb.html