Martinez Winford

How they died

Deadly force

Officer Zachary Rubald, a former member of the disbanded Special Operations Section, shot Martinez Winford when he allegedly pointed a gun at officers from atop a fence. Winford was with a group of other teens that Rubald and officer Miguel Romero stopped at about 7:45 p.m. for a field interview. Winford ran into an alley and the officers chased him in their car. Winford climbed a fence and allegedly aimed a gun at the officers. Rubald then shot Winford, who was pronounced dead at a hospital. A wrongful death lawsuit challenged the officers' account of the shooting, including their statement that Winford had the gun his right hand, even though he was left-handed.

Why we remember them

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

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