Juan Flores Palasios

Deadly force

Juan Palasios was shot in the back after he allegedly threatened a police officer. He was leaving Johnny's when patrol Officers Jose Irizarry and Emery Simmons warned him that he could not drink from an open container in the street. Palasios then pulled a knife from a homemade sheath and began threatening Irizarry, police said. The officers told him to drop the weapon, but when he appeared to reach for Irizarry's collar, and Simmons shot and killed Palasios.