Mario Jaramillo

How they died

Deadly force

Officers were called to a supermarket because a man was going around the store threatening people with a knife. When police arrived, they were told that the man was stabbing himself. They followed a trail of blood to a walk in refrigerator. Jaramillo walked out of the refrigerator holding an ax and walked toward one of the officers. Police shot and killed him.

Why we remember them

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

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