Joe Louis Castillanos

How they died

Deadly force

A call around 1:20 a.m. that a man was armed, emotional and had been drinking. The woman who called police said she and the man were going through a divorce and that he had already fired the weapon. The man refused repeated demands that he put down the gun and then fired "several times into the ground" outside the home. The officers ordered him to put down the gun, but he reportedly pointed the firearm at them. Three officers shot and killed him.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Joe Louis Castillanos, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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