Michael Hernandez
Name: Michael Hernandez
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 10/30/2018
Location: 3500 block Wells Road
Oakley, California, 94561
County: Contra Costa
Agency: Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Less-than-lethal force
Media summary: Deputies Erik Vawter and Brian McDevitt responded to a report of Michael Hernandez running naked outside his residence, choking his 3-month-old daughter and screaming that he had to remove the devil from her. The child's mother stabbed Hernandez several times with a kitchen knife before their baby wound up in the hands of a neighbor and Hernandez started choking the infant's mother. Neighbors intervened and held Hernandez face down outside his residence until deputies arrived at 3:38 a.m. and placed Hernandez in handcuffs. Both deputies attempted to speak with the suspect and when they rolled him over, they saw him foaming from the mouth. He then died.
Unique ID: 30670
News article: Link
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