Death by Cop  2022-2024

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Oscar Venegas

Gender : Male

Age : 35

Race : Latino/a/e

Date : 01/31/2024

Location : 500 W. Cliff Avenue

City : Spokane

County : Spokane

State : Washington

Agency : Spokane Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during mental health crisis

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Spokane police recall to a mental health crisis of suicidal man and a gun gun. Police arrived, identified demand and nine officers open fire simultaneously, and shot and killed him.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.nbcrightnow.com/regional/man-dead-after-nine-spokane-police-officers-shot-him-on-spokanes-south-hill/article_78df0d52-d480-538d-a9c3-8de1242a222e.html

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/jan/31/man-shot-by-police-on-spokanes-south-hill/
Gets in
https://my.spokanecity.org/police/news/2024/02/01/officer-involved-shooting-on-lower-south-hill/

Bystander video:
https://www.kxly.com/news/witness-catches-video-of-deadly-downtown-spokane-shooting/article_cb9216bc-cb90-11ee-9afa-bb3badda0213.html