David Ordaz Jr.

How they died

Deadly force

Deputies responded to a call about a suicidal 34-year-old man. Deputies found a man armed with a knife inside a car who refused to drop the weapon and get out, and that they called for a mental evaluation team, but before it arrived, the man got out holding a knife, who turned toward the deputies and began to charge. They reportedly fired a less-than-lethal stun bag at him, but that he charged again, and at least one deputy shot and killed him.

Why we remember them

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

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