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Jose Luis “Joey” Perea

United States · Aged 47 · Died 02/09/2003
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Deadly force

Reserve Deputy John Monaghan (whose regular job was an assistant head deputy district attorney) shot and killed unarmed Jose Luis "Joey" Perea who was allegedly reaching in his pants while fleeing a traffic stop on foot.

Alleged responsible partySan Bernardino County Sheriff's OfficeReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.

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This record exists so that Jose Luis “Joey” Perea, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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