Maria Isabel Garcia
Name: Maria Isabel Garcia
Age: 57
Gender: Female
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 01/26/2016
Location: 5000 block Camelia Street
Brownsville, Texas, 78521
County: Cameron
Agency: Brownsville Police Department
Cause of Death:
Intended Use of Force:
Media summary: Off-duty U.S. Border Patrol agent Juan Hernandez, 44, was sitting in his vehicle on Camelia Street with his unnamed girlfriend when the woman's ex-boyfriend, identified as 21-year-old Jesse Garcia drove up, police said. Garcia approached the driver's side of the agen's car and allegedly pointed a pistol at Hernandez. The two men reportedly struggled with the gun and Hernandez was shot in the leg. Garcia fled and was discovered a short time later at his family home. When deputies and police approached Garcia opened fire. He said officers returned fire. Garcia was struck in the leg, arm and torso. During the gunbattle Garcia's mother, 57-year-old Maria Isabel Garcia, came out of her house and was shot in the back and killed.
Unique ID: 17171
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