Robert Bruce Waters
Name: Robert Bruce Waters
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 05/01/2020
Location: 2700 block Park Meadow Drive
Bakersfield, California, 93308
County: Kern
Agency: Kern County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Less-than-lethal force
Media summary: Around 11 p.m., deputies received multiple calls about a possible domestic violence situation involving an armed man. When deputies arrived, the man refused to comply with deputies' orders, and deputies used "varying levels of force" to take Robert Bruce Waters into custody, killing him.
Unique ID: 30463
News article: Link
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