Alex Francisco Vazquez

Deadly force

Officers responded to the Meadow Vista Apartment complex regarding reports of a fight. Officers found a man who reportedly fit the given description, Alex Francisco Vazquez, a wanted felon. Vazquez was armed with a handgun and fired at the officers. He missed and one of the officers shot and wounded Vazquez , who fell to the ground. Vazquez continued to grip his handgun in his right hand and a two-hour standoff began, while an officer tried to talk Vazquez into disarming. Worried that Vazquez might bleed out, officers approached Vazquez and attempted to disarm him. Vazquez pulled the trigger on the gun twice, and Officers Colin Dahlberg, Stephen Harper and Michael Brown shot and killed him.