Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Tyler Quentin Balaskovits
Gender : Male
Age : 31
Race : White
Date : 12/26/2024
Location : Old Sacramento Road east of Latrobe Road
City : Plymouth
County : Amador
State : California
Agency : California Highway Patrol (CHP)
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during traffic stop
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On December 26, 2024, at approximately 5:22 p.m., a California Highway Patrol officer responded to a report of a vehicle blocking the roadway on Old Sacramento Road east of Latrobe Road in Plymouth, Amador County. Some sort of confrontation ensued after the officer positioned his patrol car to block the path of Tyler Quentin Balaskovits’s pickup truck, resulting in a collision between the patrol car and the truck.
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The officer exited his vehicle and engaged Balaskovits in an unknown manner. Police state that Balaskovits was armed. The officer shot and killed him. The California Highway Patrol and the Amador County District Attorney's office are conducting the investigation.
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TOTAL FATALITIES/INJURIES:
Fatalities: 1 (Tyler Quentin Balaskovits)
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.kcra.com/article/chp-officer-deadly-shooting-amador-county/63292228
