Amiliano Antonio Apodaca

How they died

Deadly force

Amiliano Apodaca was the passenger in a other in which the driver allegedly drove toward a deputy after a high-speed chase. A woman was driving the other and reportedly suffered life-threatening injuries in the incident, but her name was not immediately released. Police said the woman allegedly rammed a Fremont County sheriff's deputy's patrol car and nearly struck a Canon City police car while she was driving recklessly on eastbound U.S. 50. Deputies intentionally rammed the woman's car, forcing it to a stop in an open field, but the woman then continued to drive away. A deputy then crashed into her car, after which the car stopped in front of a home. Police said when deputies got out of their vehicles and went to approach the other, she drove toward one of the deputies, and a deputy shot at her and killed her passenger.

Why we remember them

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

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