Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Rita Joanne Lillard
Gender : Female
Age : 64
Race : White
Date : 06/20/2021
Location : 1000 block East Tri Oaks Lane
City : Houston
County : Harris
State : Texas
Agency : Houston Police Department
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed during police standoff
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police were called to an apartment complex around 9 a.m. Upon arrival, officers saw Rita Joanne Lillard, 64, walking toward the apartment where the 911 call originated. As she knocked on the door, Lewis Trinidad Nunez, 46, answered and shot her at point-blank range, killing her. He then shot at the officers. One officer opened fire, wounding Nunez. He then retreated into the apartment, where he barricaded himself. Nunez eventually exited the apartment on his own. His girlfriend, Virginia Lillian Lillard, 39, was also found dead inside the apartment.
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TOTAL FATALITIES/INJURIES: 2 Fatalities
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