Rodolfo Gonzalez Garcia

How they died

Deadly force

Deputy Zachary Long, working a second job as a security guard, confronted Garcia, whom he believed was stealing roofing shingles and loading them into a van. Deputy Long, who had been a HCSO deputy for 15 years, shot Garcia twice in the left side. Though Deputy Long claimed that Garcia drove toward him with the van, the van was not struck by gunfire. Since 1999, deputies had killed 22 people by firing into their vehicles.

Why we remember them

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

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