Javier Ortiz

How they died

Deadly force

Deputies reported that they responded to a call from Ortiz' family that he was acting violently and seemed to be on drugs. Concurrently, an off-duty Los Angeles police officer and his fiancee reported being attacked by Ortiz with a pipe. When deputies confronted Ortiz, they said he fought with them, grabbed one of their guns and shot in the air, at which point the deputy whose gun Ortiz had, fired shots at Ortiz with his backup gun, killing him. Several people were treated at the hospital for injuries.

Why we remember them

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

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