Francisco Benitez

How they died

Deadly force

Three Las Vegas police officers were called to an apartment over shots fired in the area. When they arrived they found the window of a second-story apartment shot out and the door open. The entered the darkened apartment and were met with shotgun and assault rifle fire from two men inside. Two officers, along with a security guard waiting outside on the landing, were shot, and all three officers returned fire as they fled the apartment. Jose Vallejo surrendered to police, but Francisco Benitez is believed to have killed himself after the gunbattle.

Why we remember them

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

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