Ramiz Othman

How they died

Deadly force

Off-duty officer Aaron Carranza shot and killed Ramiz Othman after he allegedly came at him with a tire iron. At around 9:15 a.m. Carranza said Othman kicked in the officer's basement door, and that he confronted Othman when he came upstairs. Othman allegedly advanced toward Carranza with a tire iron raised above his head and began swinging it at Carranza, who then shot Othman multiple times with his personal, Sig Sauer 9-millimeter handgun. Carranza testified that he shot Othman in the back while Othman was on the ground, and that he stopped firing when he ran out of bullets.

Why we remember them

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

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