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Jose Limon
United States · Aged 35 · Died 02/26/2007
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Deadly force
Limon and Cecilio Mendoza, wearing ski masks, broke into a house and tried to rob the family of six that lived there. Officers entered the house through the sliding glass back door. Mendoza and Limon shot at the officers. The officers shot back. Officer Rolando Trujillo, who had served BPD for 12 years, killed Limon. Officer Trujillo, who was not wearing a ballistic vest, survived four gunshot wounds. District Attorney Armando Villalobos did not present the shooting to a grand jury.
Alleged responsible partyBrownsville Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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