Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Hermenegildo Gonzalez Jr.
Age : 58
Gender : Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 07/26/2021
Location :
City : Los Angeles
County : California
State : California
Agency : Los Angeles Police Department
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during armed encounter
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 07/26/2021, Hermenegildo Gonzalez Jr. was shot and killed by an officer with the Los Angeles Police Department in Los Angeles, California. Officers responded to a report of someone screaming in distress at a residence on Barry Avenue. Upon arrival, officers observed Gonzalez inside an apartment holding a large knife and restraining an elderly woman by placing his arm and the knife at her neck. Officers ordered Gonzalez to drop the knife. When he refused and continued to hold the woman, an officer fired a single shot, striking Gonzalez. He died at the scene. Investigators later determined that the officer acted in defense of another based on the totality of the circumstances. The woman was not injured.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://da.lacounty.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/JSID-OIS-10-16-24-Gonzalez-Jr.pdf
https://patch.com/california/beverlyhills/cops-kill-man-holding-woman-knifepoint-west-la-lapd
https://homicide.latimes.com/post/hermenegildo-gonzalez-jr/
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-07-26/police-shoot-and-kill-man-in-west-l-a
