Erik Garcia

How they died

Deadly force

Officers had received a call about a man with a gun at a local bar, and when they arrived at the scene Garcia was being escorted out of another bar across the street by security guards, officials said. Officers ordered Garcia to put his hands on his head, and he did at first, but then he reached for a replica handgun and was shot by a Huntington Park police officer.

Why we remember them

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

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