At Rest

Deadly force
County deputies sought Cedric Oscar Ramirez on outstanding warrants. Spotting them, Raimiez fled but was caught in a residential driveway. After a physical struggle, he produced a handgun and shot at the officers. Police returned fire and killed a bystander Frank Al Mendoza. Ramirez held Mendoza's 60-year-old wife hostage for over seven hours before a tactical team fatally shot him.
This record exists so that Cedric Oscar Ramirez, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.
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