Death by Cop 2021-2025
Search fatalities
You can use any or all of the fields to refine the search.
Gabriel Salazar
Gender : Male
Age : 19
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 09/25/2021
Location : US-83 & Farm to Market Road 3292
City : Las Colonias
County : Zavala
State : Texas
Agency : Zavala County Sheriff's Office, Crystal City Police Department
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Around 1:30 a.m., the Zavala County Sheriff's Office heard a call from the Crystal City Police Department. The officer with CCPD was in pursuit of a white Chevy Camaro that was traveling north toward La Pryor. The deputy deployed a tire deflection device and the Camaro rolled over, crashed, and was engulfed in flames. Driver Gabriel Salazar, 19, and passengers Jose Luis Jimenez-Mora, 41, Jose Molina-Lara, 23, and Sergio Espinoza-Flores, 36, were killed.
