Lorenzo J. Ciaramella

Deadly force

Patrol officers, in marked police cars and in full uniform, responded to a call regarding a person in a stolen other at the Peppertree Apartments. Upon arrival, the officers were directed to a suspect in a different other. Witnesses indicated that the suspect had just stolen this car after fleeing the first other. Lorenzo Ciaramella saw the officers and fled in the stolen other but was repeatedly blocked by civilian and police vehicles. He drove in the general direction of officers and hit a police cruiser and officers shot and killed him.