Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Ezeqiel Ayala
Age : 26
Gender : Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 08/06/2022
Location : 3900 block of Gilbert Rd
City : Zillah
County : Yakima
State : Washington
Agency : Yakima County Sheriff's Office, Sunnyside Police Department
Officer(s) :Deputy Tyler McCallum, Deputy Jonathan O'Dell
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Shot and killed by deputies after pursuit
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 08/06/2022, Sunnyside police responded to a report that a person had been shot multiple times at the Fraternal Order of Eagles, 100 East South Hill Road, in Sunnyside. Officers identified 26-year-old Ezequiel Ayala as the person they were attempting to locate in connection with the shooting and relayed his possible location to the Yakima County Sheriff's Office.
Yakima County deputies located Ayala near his mother's residence and attempted to stop his vehicle. Ayala continued driving away and deputies pursued him into the Lower Yakima Valley. The pursuit ended in a vineyard in the 3900 block of Gilbert Road near Zillah after Ayala left the vehicle and ran into the vineyard.
According to the Yakima Valley Special Investigations Unit, Ayala fired multiple rounds at deputies while running through the vineyard. Deputies Tyler McCallum and Jonathan O'Dell returned fire, striking Ayala. He died at the scene. Investigators recovered a 9 mm handgun with a partially expended magazine near Ayala.
The Yakima Valley Special Investigations Unit conducted the independent investigation. On August 9, 2022, the deputies who fired their weapons were identified as Deputy Tyler McCallum, who had served with the Yakima County Sheriff's Office since 2019, and Deputy Jonathan O'Dell, who had served since 2020.
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