At Rest

Deadly force
At 9:42 a.m. police received a call regarding a domestic violence incident. A woman reported that a man held her hostage overnight, pushed her onto a coffee table breaking her ribs and poured gasoline on her threatening to set her on fire. When deputies responded to confront the man, Eduardo Martinez, the woman was able to flee the house. Martinez barricaded himself in the house and fired a shotgun at police several times during the day.About 8:58 p.m., Martinez came out of the house and fired his shotgun at police, injuring three of them. Deputies shot and killed him.
This record exists so that Eduardo Martinez, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.
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