Jordan Zenka

How they died

Deadly force

Around 6:30 a.m., officers responded to reports of a car crashing into a building. While officers were on the way, police received more calls from people inside Bel Air grocery store reporting that a man was armed with a knife and acting erratically. Jordan Zenka began cutting himself with a knife. He allegedly charged toward officers with the knife still in hand. Police reportedly fired multiple less-lethal weapons, before a Sacramento police officer and California Highway Patrol trooper shot and killed Zenka.

Why we remember them

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

References & sources