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Anastasio Rosas Jr.

Age : 27

Gender : Male

Race : Latino/a/e

Date : 02/22/2021

Location : West Lincoln Avenue and Morning View Drive; 700 block W Lincoln Avenue

City : Escondido

County : San Diego

State : California

Agency : Escondido Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Suicide

Event : Suicide under police duress during police manhunt

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 02/22/2021, at approximately 2:45 a.m., Escondido Police Department officers responded to a domestic violence call in the 1300 block of Morning View Drive. A woman reported an altercation with Anastasio Rosas Jr., the father of her two children, and told police that Rosas had left with a high-powered rifle.

Shortly after 3 a.m., officers located Rosas driving near West Lincoln Avenue and Morning View Drive. Police alleged that Rosas quickly got out of the vehicle and fired at a police car, with a bullet passing through the driver's door and striking a police sergeant who was seated inside. Police did not fire at Rosas during that encounter. Rosas ran from the area.

Police issued a countywide request for assistance and conducted a large-scale search involving Escondido police, other area law-enforcement agencies, a sheriff's helicopter, drones and tactical personnel. Freeway ramps and surrounding streets were closed during the search.

At approximately 7:45 a.m., a maintenance worker reported seeing Rosas inside a vacant apartment in the 700 block of West Lincoln Avenue. As tactical personnel responded, they heard a gunshot from inside the apartment. Police deployed a robot and found Rosas unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the head. He died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

A later San Diego County Citizens' Law Enforcement Review Board investigation confirmed that Rosas died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head and reviewed the San Diego County Sheriff's Department's participation in the search and barricade response.

OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The Escondido police sergeant Rosas allegedly shot was not identified in the sources located. No officer fired the shot that killed Rosas.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/escondido-police-respond-to-officer-involved-shooting-022221
https://www.kpbs.org/news/evening-edition/2021/02/22/police-officer-shot-escondido-suspect-found-dead-v
https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/dam/sdc/clerb/meetings/2024/2024-02-13/032624%20Final%20Findings%20Report.pdf
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-02-22/escondido-police-officer-shot-injured