Raymond Peralta-lantigua

How they died

Deadly force

Officers reported they shot Peralta-lantigua after he attempted to attack them with a knife. His mother had called 911 after he hit her and she had locked herself in her bedroom. She said Peralta-lantigua was walking slowly toward officers with the knife, and that she told him in Spanish to drop the knife, but that he couldn't understand the officers' orders. Peralta-lantigua had drug problems and had sought mental help.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Raymond Peralta-lantigua, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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