Eliuth Penaloza Nava
Name: Eliuth Penaloza Nava
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Race: Hispanic/Latino
Date: 07/21/2018
Location: 500 block S West Street
Anaheim, California, 92805
County: Orange
Agency: Anaheim Police Department
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Intended Use of Force: Deadly force
Media summary: Officers responded to a family member's report that Eliuth Penaloza Nava was possibly on drugs and hallucinating. Nava was reportedly seated in his vehicle while armed with a knife and gun. Officers arrived at about 9:30 a.m. and attempted to contact Nava, but he fled in his vehicle. The officers pursued, and Nava pulled a handgun and started firing at them while driving. One officer shot multiple rounds through the front windshield of the police cruiser at the fleeing suspect's vehicle as he circled back to his home. As officers approached Nava's stopped vehicle on foot, they fired multiple rounds into it, killing Nava. A total of 76 rounds were fired by the two officers, one of whom was fired and the other disciplined. Nava's weapon turned out to be a replica handgun. Anaheim paid Nava's family a $2.9 million settlement.
Unique ID: 24530
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