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Carlos A. Cruz

United States · Aged 41 · Died 01/07/2017
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Deadly force

Police were called regarding an armed, suicidal man. When officers arrived they encountered a man outside an apartment armed with a shotgun. Officers removed other occupants of the apartment to a safe location. As the officers began to communicate with the man he pointed the shotgun in the direction of the officers and one of the officers shot and killed him.

Alleged responsible partyIndependence Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.

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