Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Joseph Benavente
Gender : Male
Age :
Race : Unknown
Date : 02/23/2021
Location : North Beverly Court and West 6th Street
City : Ontario
County : San Bernardino
State : California
Agency : Ontario Police Department
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed during police pursuit after ramming police vehicles
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On February 23, 2021, Joseph Benavente was fatally shot by an Ontario police officer following a brief vehicle pursuit. The incident began when officers attempted to stop Benavente for a vehicle code violation. He fled, leading officers on a short chase that ended on North Beverly Court, a dead-end street off West 6th Street. There, Benavente rammed three police cruisers. An officer exited his vehicle and opened fire, striking Benavente. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. A female passenger in the vehicle was not injured and was arrested on an unrelated citation.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/chase-pursuit-deadly-police-shooting-ontario/2533431/
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-02-23/police-shoot-and-kill-driver-after-3-ontario-cruisers-are-rammed
