Tino Martinez

How they died

Deadly force

A police officer was responding to conduct a "welfare check" on a man who was found passed out on a landing in an outside stairwell of the apartment building between the first and second floors, police said. Police said the officer and the suspect carried on a conversation until the officer asked Martinez to remove his backpack. At that point, the suspect jumped up, pulled out revolver from the backpack and fired at least one round--possibly two or more--at the officer, according to police.The officer returned fire, hitting the suspect and killing him.

Why we remember them

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

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