Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Rafael Perez
Gender : Male
Age : 36
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 05/20/2021
Location : Carolina Street and 10th Street
City : Buffalo
County : Erie
State : New York
Agency : Buffalo Police Department
Officer(s) :Not disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police after shooting
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On May 20, 2021, at around 6:00 a.m., Buffalo Police responded to a report of two people shot on Layer Avenue. The victims, 27-year-old Megan Wisniewski and 63-year-old Margie Ramos, were killed in the shooting.
Later, at approximately 11:00 a.m., police located the suspect, 36-year-old Rafael Perez, and engaged in a standoff with him. Around noon, police reported that Perez was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, ending the standoff.
SOURCE LINKS :
• https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/crime/buffalo-man-shot-killed-two-others-police-standoff/71-4f84a5c8-cb1e-44f7-9fe6-cc2f49d53bdf
• https://www.buffalonews.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/police-respond-to-two-deaths-in-buffalo/
• https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/buffalo-police-respond-to-report-of-shooting-on-carolina-street
