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Johnathan Cuevas

United States · Aged 20 · Died 10/10/2010
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Deadly force

The LA County Sheriff's Office settled by paying the son of Cuevas $875,000 for a deputy shooting Cuevas. The deputy stopped next to men walking, Cuevas ran and fell, then the deputy shot him on the ground. The deputy alleges Cuevas had a gun, but no fingerprints were found on the gun produced by the investigation.

Alleged responsible partyLos Angeles County Sheriff's DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.

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