Alfredo Vargas Patino

How they died

Suicide

A complainant in Garland told dispatchers that Patino was following her by other and threatening to kill her and their son. Officers responded. Patino drove through a traffic stop. Multiple agencies pursued. Patino shot at officers. Officers forced Patino off the highway in Irving, but did not shoot back. Patino remained in his other. SWAT officers from Irving Police Department tried to negotiate with Patino. He fatally shot himself.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Alfredo Vargas Patino, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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