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Jorge "Cury" Alberto Perez

Age : 48

Gender : Male

Race : Latino/a/e

Date : 08/29/2021

Location : 400 block Federal Lane

City : Morrisville

County : Bucks

State : Pennsylvania

Agency : Falls Township Police Department

Officer(s) :Unknown

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during domestic disturbance call

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/29/2021, at approximately 12:04 p.m., Falls Township Police Department officers responded to 417 Federal Lane after receiving a report of a domestic disturbance involving 48-year-old Jorge Alberto Perez and his longtime partner. The couple had been arguing after Perez's partner told him their relationship was over. She passed a note to her 19-year-old son asking him to call police.
Before officers arrived, authorities alleged that Perez placed several knives in the kitchen sink but retained a 12-inch carving knife and went to the lower level of the split-level residence. The first responding officer, a seven-year veteran of the Falls Township Police Department, spoke with Perez's partner and son before going downstairs to contact Perez. A second officer, a 21-year department veteran, arrived shortly afterward.
According to the subsequent Bucks County District Attorney investigation, the officers encountered Perez in the basement holding the knife. Police alleged that Perez disregarded repeated commands to put it down. One officer attempted to use less-lethal force before the fatal shooting. The District Attorney's account states that the officers continued ordering Perez to drop the knife as the confrontation escalated.
Police alleged that Perez subsequently advanced toward the officers while holding the knife. One of the officers fired a single round from his service handgun, striking Perez in the chest. The autopsy subsequently determined that Perez died from that single police gunshot.
One of the responding officers, who was also a trained paramedic, immediately began providing emergency medical treatment. Levittown-Fairless Hills Rescue Squad personnel arrived and continued efforts to save Perez. After consultation with a physician at St. Mary Medical Center, Perez was pronounced dead at the residence.
The Bucks County District Attorney's Office assumed responsibility for independently investigating the fatal shooting. Investigators reviewed the officers' actions and the circumstances surrounding the domestic disturbance and police confrontation. On 11/10/2021, District Attorney Matt Weintraub announced that the shooting was legally justified and closed the criminal investigation without charges against either officer. Weintraub concluded that the officers reasonably believed their lives were in immediate danger when the fatal shot was fired.
The Falls Township Police Department did not publicly identify either officer. The District Attorney instead referred to them as Officer 1 and Officer 2. Public reporting established that one had seven years of service and the other had 21 years with the department.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2021/08/30/man-dead-officer-involved-shooting-falls-township/