Gabriel Munoz Jr.

How they died

Deadly force

Shortly after 8:45 a.m., a motorist called 911 and said a man was throwing rocks at passing vehicles on Whitewater Canyon Road. When a deputy arrived, the man reportedly was smashing the window of a parked car with a tire iron. The deputy ordered the man to stop and drop the tire iron, but the man ignored the deputy and started walking toward the interstate. The deputy then drove his patrol other onto westbound I-10 to stop traffic as the man had stepped onto the freeway. The deputy reportedly asked the man to drop the tire iron and leave the roadway, and the man charged at the deputy with the tire iron in his hand. The deputy shot and killed him.

Why we remember them

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

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