Death by Cop  2022-2024

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Alberto Arenas

Gender : Male

Age : 29

Race : Latino/a/e

Date : 06/29/2024

Location : Stewart and Gray Road

City : Downey

County : Los Angeles

State : California

Agency : Downey Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during a disturbance call

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Some teenagers were lighting fireworks in the backyard. A neighbor became argumentative and called police. Police arrived and shot and killed a teenager with known mental health problems. He had been unarmed. Police claimed that he had had a replica rifle.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGvPPSK4ocw

https://www.foxla.com/news/downey-pd-shoot-kill-man-allegedly-lighting-fireworks-backyard

https://abc7.com/post/downey-man-shot-killed-by-police-after-reportedly-lighting-fireworks/15012995/