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Matthew Coates
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Gender
Male
Age
42 yrs
Nationality
United States
Marital Status
Unknown
Date of Death
05/15/2015
Location
2000 block 61st Street Sacramento CA 95817 Sacramento
Cause of Death
Deadly force
Officers responded to a call about Coates shouting at his girlfriend, Sonja Morrow, and hitting the caller, Norman Petersen. Over an hour later, officers went to the couple's residence. Morrow let officers in. Coates, in their bedroom, refused to speak to the officers and pointed a BB gun at them. They fatally shot him as Morrow tried to tell them that the weapon was fake.
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Alleged Responsible Party
Sacramento Police Department
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