Jacob Israel Cadena

How they died

Suicide

Jacob Cadena was wanted in connection with a weekend assault on his girlfriend, police said. Patrol officers spotted Cadena just before noon. Cadena refused repeated orders to stop and talk about the weekend incident. An officer in an unmarked unit pulled in front of Cadena as other officers came up behind him. In an attempt to subdue Cadena, a detective grabbed him from behind, but Cadena allegedly used a gun he was carrying to shoot himself in the head.

Why we remember them

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

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