Dion Lamont Ramirez

How they died

Deadly force

Deputies saw a person "driving recklessly, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. They said that the driver sped off, leading deputies to a cul-de-sac in a couple miles away. As Ramirez turned his car around and faced the deputies, a woman got out of the car. Ramirez then allegedly accelerated his car toward the passenger side of the patrol car where a deputy was standing. Ramirez struck the patrol car, and the deputy opened fire. Ramirez was hit multiple times and died at the scene.

Why we remember them

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

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