At Rest
A living memorial to lives lost to injustice, greed, and war.
HomeAbout♥ Sign the PetitionENES
MG
In loving memory
Mario Fernando Torres Gomez
United States · Aged 34 · Died 04/11/2007
Other
How they died
Deadly force
Gomez was unarmed and fleeing from police when he was shot.The officer who shot Gomez was cleared in the shooting, but in 2010 the city paid $85,000 to settle a lawsuit by Gomez's family. Gomez was an undocumented immigrant and the officer suspected him of being involved in an armed robbery, and alleged that Gomez reached for his waistband before the officer shot.
Alleged responsible partyTulsa Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
Why we remember them
This record exists so that Mario Fernando Torres Gomez, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.
References & sources
Others we remember.
More lives from the archive.
At Rest
At Rest
At Rest