Jeffrey Scott Mendoza

How they died

Suicide

Deputies were dispatched to an incident involving a domestic violence complaint around 7:15 p.m. While deputies were speaking with one of the people involved in the episode, a man who was armed with a gun approached them unexpectedly and reportedly opened fire. The deputies shot at him, and the man ran away from them, toward the side of the home, where he reportedly shot and killed himself.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Jeffrey Scott Mendoza, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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