Emmanuel Alvarez

How they died

Deadly force

West Covina police pulled over a car containing three men for possible other code violations. The officers ordered Alvarez out of the back seat and were patting him down when the driver and front seat passenger got out of the car with handguns and ran down the street. Alvarez then reached ino his waistband and pulled out a handgun. One officer shoved Alvarez away to create distance, pulled his handgun and then shot Alvarez twice in the upper torso.

Why we remember them

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

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