Arvin Yousif Hermiz

How they died

Deadly force

At around 10:56 p.m., officer Blake Matatall pulled over a other driven by Arvin Yousif Hermiz. Hermiz pulled into a parking lot, and Matatall got out of his other. Hermiz allegedly turned around and started to drive at Matatall, who fired three shots at Hermiz's car. The first two hit Hermiz; the third hit the dashboard. As the car rolled by, Matatall fired a fourth shot through the driver's-side window, hitting Hermiz. The car came to a stop in another parking lot across the road. Hermiz died at the hospital. A passenger in Hermiz's car was physically uninjured.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Arvin Yousif Hermiz, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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