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Sabino Gardea III
United States · Aged 21 · Died 01/18/2009
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Deadly force
Trooper Chad Foster conducted a traffic stop on Sabino Gardea. Gardea stepped out of the other and shot Trooper Foster at least once in the left calf. Trooper Foster shot Gardea. Gardea collapsed. Trooper Foster told him to drop the gun. Gardea raised the gun a second time. Trooper Foster shot Gardea again, striking him a total of nine times. Trooper Foster won the DPS Officer's Association Trooper of the Year Award.
Alleged responsible partyTexas Department of Public SafetyReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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