Ivan Guajardo Ariza

How they died

Deadly force

Ivan Guajardo Ariza, 31, was shot and killed by Las Vegas police officers responding to a domestic disturbance call at his residence at 2700 North Rainbow Blvd. Ariza was acting erratically and was armed with a butcher knife when the four officers fired their weapons. Some witnesses to the incident questioned whether he posed a threat to officers. Prior to the fatal shooting, an officer tried to fire a beanbag shotgun at Ariza, but the weapon did not go off.

Why we remember them

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

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