Juan Castellanos

How they died

Deadly force

Castellanos was wanted for escape from an Arkansas minimum security prison 4 years prior. Castellanos was reportedly shot to keep him from running down a Marshall in his SUV in a Walmart parking lot; no weapons were found in the car. In a dying declaration to a Haines City Officer, Castellanos reported that he believed he was fleeing an attempted mugging. Two passengers in the other confirmed that the officers repeatedly identified themselves as U.S. marshals. The decisions to apprehend Castellanos was reportedly spur of the moment, as they feared losing his position in the absence of a GPS tracker.

Why we remember them

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

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