Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Name Not Disclosed
Gender : Male
Age :
Race : Unknown
Date : 04/19/2024
Location : 7300 block of Arleta Court
City : Sacramento
County : Sacramento
State : California
Agency : Sacramento Police Department, SWAT
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Fire
Event : Killed during fire in police standoff
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On April 19, 2024, at approximately 12:00 a.m., Sacramento County Sheriff's deputies responded to a domestic violence call at a duplex on the 7300 block of Arleta Court. Upon arrival, six individuals, including the victim, were safely evacuated. The man locked himself inside the residence. Deputies engaged in approximately an hour of negotiations, which ceased when the man ignited a fire within the home. Deputies attempted to rescue him by breaking windows but were unsuccessful. Firefighters arrived and extracted the unconscious man, who was transported to a hospital and later pronounced dead. The domestic violence victim sustained minor injuries.
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NUMBER OF CASUALTIES DURING THIS POLICE ENCOUNTER: 1 fatality, 1 injury.
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Last Update: 11/29/2024
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.kcra.com/article/sacramento-county-domestic-violence-suspect-dies-setting-house-fire/60546502
https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/barricaded-domestic-violence-individual-dies-after-house-fire-in-sacramento/
https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/sacramento-county-arleta-fire-domestic-violence-deadly/103-8ee55a4d-60e9-44b2-bf22-4f967f9d3df1
