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Rosalio Hernandez Ortega
United States · Aged 33 · Died 07/23/2018
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Officers responded to a 911 report of a man slashing tires with a machete and encountered Rosalio Hernandez Ortega brandishing a machete. The officers ordered Ortega to drop the weapon and tasered him to no effect. Ortega allegedly advanced on officers with the machete and was shot and killed.
Alleged responsible partyBurlington Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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