Jonathan Andrew Salcido
Name: Jonathan Andrew Salcido
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Race: Hispanic/Latino
Date: 05/04/2017
Location: 7900 block Ocean View Avenue
Whittier, California, 90602
County: Los Angeles
Agency: Whittier Police Department
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Less-than-lethal force
Media summary: Officers responded to a home "regarding a male adult suffering from a mental illness who was refusing to go to a mental hospital," police said. The man had run away from the home by the time police arrived. A family member followed the man about a mile to the 7900 block of Ocean View Avenue. As officers approached, the man tried to jump over a fence leading to a water reservoir. Officers used control holds to restrain and handcuff the man, killing him.
Unique ID: 20167
News article: Link
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