Daniel Hernandez

How they died

Deadly force

On October 10, 2007, at approximately 0258 hours, an SAPD Patrol Sergeant found Hernandez and another individual arguing outside of a homeless shelter. Hernandez was armed with a pair of scissors and was threatening the other male. The sergeant ordered the deceased several times, at gunpoint, to drop the weapon. Hernandez refused to drop the weapon and lunged at the other male. In self-defense of a third person, the sergeant shot Hernandez twice, who died from his injuries a few hours later at Wilford Hall Hospital.

Why we remember them

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

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