Pedro Ruiz III

How they died

Deadly force

Four officers shot and killed Pedro Ruiz III when he pointed a gun at them as he stood on a rooftop after a chase through Antioch. Police responded to a domestic violence call at about 11:15 p.m. on Sycamore Drive. Ruiz reportedly fled the scene armed with a gun and rammed two patrol cars. Ruiz drove more than a mile to Wainfleet Court, where a police helicopter apparently spotted him on a rooftop. Ruiz pointed a gun at police and four officers--two in one location and two in another--opened fire, killing him. Ruiz's 3-year-old niece was reportedly found in his other, though police said they didn't know a child was present during the chase. She was physically unharmed.

Why we remember them

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

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