Death by Cop 2022-2024
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Edgar Ortiz
Gender : Male
Age : 32
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 03/03/2022
Location : Downey Ave+Artesia Blvd
City : Bellflower
County : Los Angeles
State : California
Agency : LASD
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police after alleged attack with garden tool
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
LASD deputies were in the area of Downey and Artesia for an unrelated issue when they were approached by someone who had been attacked by a man with a garden tool. Police went to detain the man who fled. Deputies caught up with him and shot and killed him, alleging that he had swung the garden tool at them. He was reportedly unarmed except for an unknown garden tool.
