Death by Cop  2022-2024

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Jaime Herrera

Gender : Male

Age : 34

Race : Latino/a/e

Date : 04/13/2022

Location : 5700 block of E Fairmount St

City : Tucson

County : Pima

State : Arizona

Agency : Tucson PD

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Taser

Event : Killed by police during call for erratic behavior

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Tucson PD were sent to a call for a man on a roof behaving erratically. Police arrived and said he had knives and bricks he threw at police. Police engaged in a physical fight with him, tasered him multiple times after which he died. The coroner ruled that he died from a cardiac arrest which was aggravated by the tasering and spit hood forced on him. No officers were charged.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.kold.com/2022/04/26/tucson-police-release-video-incident-that-led-in-custody-death-man/

https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042222_herrera_tpd_death/man-dies-hospital-days-after-violent-confrontation-with-tpd-officers/

https://www.kold.com/2022/04/26/tucson-police-release-video-incident-that-led-in-custody-death-man/

https://www.kvoa.com/news/man-dies-days-after-confrontation-with-tpd-officers-involving-taser/article_dd7b2536-c29a-11ec-9148-9f89f5620ad8.html