At Rest

Deadly force
Ocasio, a sheet-metal worker in the midst of divorce proceedings, barricaded himself inside his house and drew a SWAT team and police negotiators. After hours of talks, shootings and a standoff Ocasio was killed by gunfire and an officer suffered pellet wounds.
This record exists so that Eric “J-J” Ocasio III, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.
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