Juan DeLeCruz Rodriguez

Deadly force

Deputies responded at about 7:40 p.m. to a report of a suspicious other and a driver acting strangely in a city park. As deputies arrived, he allegedly fled and drove into oncoming traffic. Deputies caught up to the man in a business parking lot at 57200 29 Palms Highway. Juan DeLeCruz Rodriguez reportedly was uncooperative and put the other in reverse and collided with a patrol car. Moments later, a deputy shot and killed him. A knife reportedly fell from Rodriguez's lap as he was pulled from the car.