Arturo Yobani-Torrez Valdez Killed by Los Angeles Police Department

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Category: Police - City
Old Crime Scene Address:
1400 Gabriel Garcia Marquez St
Mapping Police Violence:

A man smashed the windows of a house where an 83-year-old man lived alone. The suspect forced his way inside and began ransacking the home, Beck said, then took the older man hostage. Some neighbors grabbed baseball bats and knives, police said, and were getting ready to try to rescue the resident when two officers from the LAPD's Hollenbeck Division arrived at the scene. The officers ran inside and saw the man holding a knife to the victim's neck. The suspect “began to do things that indicated that he was going to kill the victim.” One of the officers shot and killed the suspect.

Victim's Name: Arturo Yobani-Torrez Valdez

Agency Responsible: Los Angeles Police Department

Gender: Male

Age: 28

Race: Hispanic

Date of Death: April 10, 2016

County: Los Angeles

Cause of Death: Gunshot

Official Disposition: Pending investigation/No Known Charges

Criminal Charges: No known charges

Mental Illness: No

Armed: Allegedly Armed

Weapon: knife

Threat Level: attack

Fleeing: Not fleeing

Body Camera: No

Washington Post Database ID: 1452

Geography: Urban

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