Alexander “Alex” Gonzales Jr.

How they died

Deadly force

An off-duty officer was in a neighborhood around 12:30 a.m. in his personal other, when a man cut him off. The off-duty officer said the man pointed a weapon, prompting the officer to shoot at the man. The officer called 911, and other officers responded. Both vehicles came to a stop, and the off-duty officer and the other officers gave commands to the man, in English and in Spanish, to get out of his other, telling him to put his hands in the air and get away from the car. The man got out, walked around to the rear of the other, and opened the rear passenger door, and one of the on-duty officers shot and killed the man. A woman in the car was also hit and transported to a nearby hospital in stable condition. An infant in the car was unharmed. Officers Gabriel Guiterrez and Luis Serrato were involved.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Alexander “Alex” Gonzales Jr., and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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