Fatal Encounters

A step toward creating an impartial, comprehensive and searchable national database of people killed during interactions with police

Eric Daniel Rodriguez

Name: Eric Daniel Rodriguez
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Race: Hispanic/Latino
Date: 04/07/2018
Location: 1450 Ocean Blvd.
Santa Monica, California, 90401
County: Los Angeles
Agency: Santa Monica Police Department
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Less-than-lethal force
Media summary: A person called 911 when Eric Rodriguez was having an apparent mental crisis. A coroner said, "Eric Rodriguez died as a result of acute methamphetamine toxicity with the other significant condition of hypoplastic right coronary artery and police restraint with the use of handcuffs and shackles.
Unique ID: 30219

News article: Link






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