Death by Cop  2022-2024

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Melvin Omar Chavez-Paz

Gender : Male

Age : 31

Race : Latino/a/e

Date : 09/21/2024

Location : 3400 block of Janet Road

City : Wheaton-Glenmont

County : Montgomery

State : Maryland

Agency : Montgomery county Sheriff's Office

Officer(s) :Not disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during disturbance call

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Montgomery County deputies arrived to a disturbance call in the 3400 block of Janet Road in Wheaton Glenmont in Montgomery County. They encountered a man holding a grill fork and shot and killed him. He had no knife. His family said he was drunk and argued with a neighbor and police came. His family stated that he did not speak English and likely did not understand what officers wanted from him. The family asked why a taser was not used on the drunk unarmed man.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/09/21/montgomery-police-shoot-involved-wound/

https://www.mymcmedia.org/decedent-officer-identified-in-wheaton-fatal-police-involved-shooting/

BWC:
https://wjla.com/news/local/montgomery-county-officer-involved-shooting-wheaton-janet-road-body-camera-video-footage-maryland-attorney-general-investigation-melvin-chavez-paz-corporal-cody-hobbs-shooting