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Antonio Medrano Jr.

United States · Aged 25 · Died 01/17/2010
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Deadly force

Medrano was shot by Las Cruces police after he allegedly advanced to within six yards of officers - responding to a report Medrano had battered the mother of his children - with a butcher knife with an 8-inch blade and a bat. The city settled with the family for $180,000.

Alleged responsible partyLas Cruces Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.

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

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