Gilbert Herrera Duran

How they died

Deadly force

Yris Perez broke up with Duran, ending a four-year relationship. Two days later, Duran armed himself and confronted her in the residence where she lived with her mother and brothers. Officers responded to a call concerning a man with a gun. Perez's mother took the officers to the kitchen. Duran began to shoot Perez. Officer Danny Reed shot Duran, standing over her body, twice in the shoulder with a .40-caliber pistol. Duran shot himself twice in the chest. Duran died at University Medical Center.

Why we remember them

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

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