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Michael Owens

Gender : Male

Age : 24

Race : White

Date : 04/28/2023

Location : 235 E. Seventh St

City : Oxnard

County : Ventura

State : California

Agency : Oxnard PD

Officer(s) :Manuel Garcia

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Intoxicated man killed by police

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Michael Owens was hallucinating on an unknown substance, called 911 to ask for help. When Oxnard PD arrived, he was cutting his own wrists. Oxnard Police arrived and found him locked in a bathroom. They allege that he had a knife. Oxnard PD shot and killed him.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.kclu.org/2023-04-28/police-say-man-armed-with-knife-critically-wounded-in-officer-involved-shooting

https://www.kclu.org/2023-05-01/man-wounded-in-officer-involved-shooting-in-tri-counties-dies

https://kvta.com/news/person-in-oxnard-officer-involved-shooting-dies/