Nicolas Chavez

Deadly force

Police were called about 9 p.m. for a report of a suicidal man. The man was jumping in and out of traffic, trying to get hit by vehicles. Police said he also threatened some people in the neighborhood with a metal weapon, many thought to be a knife, but which was actually a piece of rebar. Officers reportedly tried to calm him down, but he wouldn't listen, so they tasered him twice. Police also fired bean bags. Police said the man charged at officers, who shot and killed him. HPD Chief Art Acevedo implied that since the man didn't comply with orders, he committed suicide. Four officers were fired related to the killing of Nicolas Chavez.