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Jose Manuel Reyes Rios

Gender : Male

Age : 19

Race : Latino/a/e

Date : 03/25/2023

Location : Melody Market, 130 E Foster Rd

City : Orcutt

County : Santa Barbara

State : California

Agency : Santa Maria PD

Officer(s) :Antonio Pena

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by off-duty officer

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

The family states that Jose and a friend were inside of the Melody market paying for some snacks while his other two friends were outside. A white car with 4 boys pulled in quickly into the parking lot with intentions of running over his friends. Once Jose realized what was happening outside, he ran out shooting at the car who was trying to hit his friend. Jose then ran and was shot by an off-duty officer at least 10 times from his back and shot again once he was already down.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://calcoastnews.com/2023/03/deputies-identify-teen-killed-in-orcutt-officer-involved-shooting/

https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/article273616165.html

https://www.edhat.com/news/sheriffs-office-releases-more-details-on-fatal-officer-involved-shooting

https://www.kcbx.org/culture-and-identity/2023-04-12/protestors-say-orcutt-shooting-reflects-criminalization-of-santa-marias-indigenous-community

https://santamariatimes.com/news/local/sheriffs-office-releases-short-surveillance-video-of-melody-market-incident/article_7f5e55b3-2cd4-5cfd-bf15-6c69a5e7b006.html

https://www.noozhawk.com/man-shot-killed-by-off-duty-police-officer-at-orcutt-market-fired-own-gun-during-altercation-sheriffs-office-says/

https://www.edhat.com/news/melody-market-shooting-investigation-detectives-share-officer-s-name-and-incident-videos

https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/article273616165.html