Death by Cop  2021-2025

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Alfonso Hernandez Jr.

Age : 56

Gender : Male

Race : Unknown

Date : 11/13/2022

Location : 22074 CA-128

City : Winters

County : Yolo

State : California

Agency : Yolo County Sheriff’s Office; El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office; California Highway Patrol

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Suicide

Event : Suicide under police duress

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 11/13/2022, the Yolo County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Canyon Creek Resort area along Highway 128 in Winters after a caller reported that a man had told someone he had killed his wife and intended to kill himself. Deputies located a woman inside a recreational vehicle with a fatal gunshot wound. Alfonso Hernandez Jr. left the area before deputies arrived. El Dorado County deputies later located him driving on Ice House Road near White Hall. As deputies and California Highway Patrol officers attempted to stop and contact him, Hernandez Jr. shot himself inside his vehicle. He died from the self-inflicted gunshot wound while officers were attempting to take him into custody in connection with the homicide investigation.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.kcra.com/article/man-kills-wife-shoots-self-contacted-officers-yolo-county-sheriffs-office/41957929
https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/man-allegedly-shoots-himself-after-shooting-killing-wife-at-rv-park-in-winters/