Gerardo Martinez Ramirez

How they died

Deadly force

Police were called to a home after receiving a call for a woman screaming inside the house and shots fired just before 3 a.m. Officers engaged in a nearly 4-hour standoff with the man who threatened to shoot himself and his wife. After hearing a gunshot, police rushed into the home and found the man and his wife, both with gunshot wounds. Gerardo Ramirez, who reportedly still had a gun in his hand, was shot and killed by an officer.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Gerardo Martinez Ramirez, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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