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State of California Department of Justice
Rob Bonta
Attorney General
Attorney General
Current Cases Under Review by the California Department of Justice
Pursuant to California Assembly Bill 1506 (AB 1506), the California Department of Justice is required to investigate all incidents of an officer-involved shooting resulting in the death of an unarmed civilian in the state. The California Department of Justice will investigate and review for potential criminal liability all such incidents.
All cases currently being handled by the California Department of Justice under AB 1506 will be listed here as soon as possible. During the immediate aftermath of a critical incident, the initial point of contact will typically be the local responding agency.
| DOJ Case Number | Case Details | Status |
|---|---|---|
| BI-LA2024-00063 |
Date: 07/31/2024 Decedent: Pedro Meza Diaz Agency: San Gabriel Police Department Location: 2600 Charlotte Ave Rosemead CA |
Under Investigation |
| BI-LA2024-00052 |
Date: 07/13/2024 Decedent: Ricardo Ramirez Jr. Agency: Los Angeles Police Department Location: Cross streets of 66th and Flower in Los Angeles |
Under Investigation |
| BI-LA2024-00050 |
Date: 07/10/2024 Decedent: Luis Florez Agency: Los Angeles Sheriff’s Office Location: Cross streets Venice Blvd and Vermont St (Pico-Union) District |
Under Investigation |
| BI-RI2024-00018 |
Date: 07/04/2024 Decedent: Jimmy Eugene Agency: Hemet Police Department Location: 133 N Harvard Street, Hemet, CA |
Under Investigation |
| BI-LA2024-00049 |
Date: 06/30/2024 Decedent: Alberto Arenas Agency: Downey Police Department Location: 7118 Stewart and Gray Rd, Downey, CA 90241 Involved Officer: Officer Robert Ramirez and Sgt Jason Klevos |
Under Investigation |
| BI-2024-00015 |
Date: 05/31/2024 Decedent: Hugo Cachua Agency: N/A Location: Euclid Avenue and 6th Street, Ontario, San Bernardino County, CA Involved Officer: Victor Corral (Off-Duty LAPD Officer) |
Under Investigation |
| BI-RI2024-00014 |
Date: 05/25/2024 Decedent: Aaron Edward Gardner Agency: Grover Beach Police Department Location: 13th St and Grand Ave, Grover Beach CA |
Under Investigation |
| BI-LA2024-00029 |
Date: 04/26/2024 Decedent: Brandon Ramon SALGADO Agency: Long Beach Police Department Location: 6802 CERRITOS AV, LONG BEACH, CA 90805 |
Under Investigation |
| BI-LA2024-00022 |
Date: 03/26/2024 Decedent: Scott William Thompson Agency: Fullerton Police Dept. Location: 141 W. Bastanchury Road, Fullerton |
Under Investigation |
| BI-LA2024-00009 |
Date: 02/03/2024 Agency: Los Angeles Police Dept. Location: 801 East 7th Street, Los Angeles Involved Officer: Caleb Garcia-Alamilla |
Under Investigation |
| BI-DU2023-00015 |
Date: 12/25/2023 Decedent: Nicholas Detweiler Agency: Mt. Shasta PD Location: Intersection of Pine and Lake, in the city of Mt. Shasta, on train tracks. Involved Officer: Jeremiah Capurro |
Under Investigation |
| BI-LA2023-00057 |
Date: 11/19/2023 Decedent: Jesse Dominguez Agency: California Highway Patrol Location: I-105/Wilmington Exit, Lynwood, Los Angeles County Involved Officer: Lucas Ritter |
Under Investigation |
| BI-RI2023-00017 |
Date: 11/11/2023 Decedent: Jaime Valdez Agency: Fontana Police Department Location: 7197 Big Sur Street, Fontana, San Bernardino County Involved Officer: Alex Yanez |
Under Investigation |
| BI-LA2023-00053 |
Date: 10/29/2023 Decedent: Abigail Crystal Lopez Agency: Anaheim Police Department Location: Anaheim Boulevard & Ball Road, Anaheim Involved Officer: Kenneth Gulley, Banner Wolf |
Under Investigation |
| BI-SF2023-00013 |
Date: 09/17/2023 Agency: California Highway Patrol Location: Humboldt County in the City of Hoopa |
Under Investigation |
| BI-SA2023-00068 |
Date: 09/11/2023 Agency: Stockton Police Department Location: Intersection of N Pershing Ave & W Fremont St Stockton, CA 95203 Involved Officer: Marcos Alonzo |
Under Investigation |
| BI-RI2023-00011 |
Date: 08/31/2023 Decedent: Elizandro Vargas Agency: El Centro Police Dept. Location: 1900 Block of Ocotillo Drive, El Centro Involved Officer: Adrian Hirales |
Under Investigation |
| BI-SF2023-00012 |
Date: 08/18/2023 Decedent: Tahmon Wilson Agency: Martinez Police Department Location: 4808 Sunrise Drive, Martinez, CA Involved Officer: Cole Bennett, Alexander Tirona, Marc Kahue, Raul Ceja-Mendez |
Under Investigation |
| BI-SA2023-00048 |
Date: 07/03/2023 Decedent: Juan Diego Bernal-Yuriar Agency: California Highway Patrol and Alameda County Sheriff’s Office Location: 1600 Block 163rd Avenue at Liberty Street, Ashland, Alameda County Involved Officer: Basir Qurishi, Alexis Perez-Rojas |
Under Investigation |
| BI-SF2023-00006 |
Date: 04/29/2023 Decedent: Jesus Guzman Jr. Agency: California Highway Patrol Location: I-5 Southbound / County Road 33, Glenn County Involved Officer: Steve Bryant |
Under Investigation |
| BI-LA2023-00018 |
Date: 04/28/2023 Decedent: Michael Owens Agency: Oxnard Police Department Location: 235 E. 17th Street, Oxnard Involved Officer: Manuel Garcia |
Under Investigation |
| BI-SA2023-00037 |
Date: 04/16/2023 Decedent: Joel Villegas Agency: Tulare Police Department Location: Bardsley Avenue and Vetter Street, Tulare Involved Officer: Daniel Bradley, Adan Barragan |
Under Investigation |
| BI-SF2023-00005 |
Date: 04/13/2023 Decedent: Elmer Lopez-Castaneda Agency: Newark Police Dept. and Fremont Police Dept. (Alameda County) Location: 39150 Cedar Boulevard (Cedar Boulevard and Mowry Avenue), Newark Involved Officer: Thomas Degenstien, Anthony Piol, Jessie Hartman, and Trevor Damewood |
Under Investigation |
| BI-LA2023-00013 |
Date: 04/05/2023 Decedent: Victor Eduardo Nava Agency: Southgate Police Department Location: 5600 Block District Boulevard, Vernon (Los Angeles County) |
Under Investigation |
| BI-LA2023-00010 |
Date: 03/12/2023 Decedent: Kyle Sostek Agency: San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department Location: Big Bear, San Bernardino County Involved Officer: Samuel Fuller |
Under Investigation |
| BI-SF2023-00002 |
Date: 03/04/2023 Decedent: Roberto Corchado Agency: Fresno Police Department Location: Fresno, California Involved Officer: Bryce Hammond and Luke Tran |
Under Investigation |
| BI-LA2023-00008 |
Date: 02/10/2023 Decedent: Austin Heiselman Agency: Fullerton Police Department Location: La Habra, California Involved Officer: Nicholas Ashman, Mathew Green, Joshua Walker, and Juan Arenas |
Under Investigation |
| BI-SA2023-00022 |
Date: 02/09/2023 Decedent: David Lawrence Couch III Agency: California Highway Patrol Location: Redding, California Involved Officer: Ryan Cates |
Under Investigation |
| BI-LA2023-00005 |
Date: 01/22/2023 Decedent: Charles Robert Towns Agency: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Location: Altadena, California Involved Officer: Clarissa Prentice and Eliezer Morales |
Under Investigation |
| BI-RI2023-00001 |
Date: 01/11/2023 Decedent: Samuel Arredondo Agency: San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department Location: Joshua Tree, California Involved Officer: Aimee Coakley and Tyler Gilbert |
Under Investigation |
| BI-LA2023-00004 |
Date: 01/11/2023 Decedent: Christopher Lee Mercuio Agency: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Location: Santa Clarita, California Involved Officer: Lorena Gonzalez |
Under Investigation |
| BI-RI2022-00091 |
Date: 12/20/2022 Agency: Bakersfield Police Department Location: Bakersfield, California Involved Officer: Andrew Ferguson, James King, Chad Rogers, Cortez Summit, Anthony Flores, Nicholas Ashby, Dominic Ramirez, and Scott Lazenby |
Under Investigation |
| BI-SF2022-00016 |
Date: 12/17/2022 Decedent: Victor Marquez Melendez Agency: Woodlake Police Department Location: Exeter, California Involved Officer: Chris Kaious and Juan Gonzales |
Under Investigation |
| BI-LA2022-00046 |
Date: 12/08/2022 Decedent: John Ray Romero Agency: San Diego Police Department Location: San Diego, California Involved Officer: Gregory Bergman, Jonathan Estrada, and Michael Thornton |
Under Investigation |
| BI-LA2022-00038 |
Date: 09/27/2022 Decedent: Savannah Graziano and Anthony John Graziano Agency: San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department Location: Hesperia, California |
Under Investigation |
| BI-LA2022-00027 |
Date: 07/27/2022 Decedent: Marcos Maldonado Agency: Los Angeles Police Department Location: Los Angeles, California Involved Officer: David Gillardo and Alonso Vasques |
Under Investigation |
| BI-RI2022-00022 |
Date: 07/22/2022 Decedent: Jay Jackson Agency: Riverside County Sheriff's Department Location: Moreno Valley, California Involved Officer: Robert Carrasco |
Under Investigation |
| BI-LA2022-00025 |
Date: 07/15/2022 Decedent: Trent William Millsap Agency: Westminster Police Department Location: Anaheim, California Involved Officer: Miguel Gradilla and Alejandro Lopez |
Under Investigation |
| BI-LA2022-00022 |
Date: 06/21/2022 Decedent: Darnell Trevon Travis Agency: Fontana Police Department Location: Fontana, California Involved Officer: Alex Millian |
Under Investigation |
| BI-SF2022-00003 |
Date: 05/19/2022 Decedent: Austin Flores Agency: Fresno Police Department Location: Fresno, California Involved Officer: Christopher Cooper |
Under Investigation |
| BI-SF2022-00004 |
Date: 05/19/2022 Decedent: Rafael Mendoza and Michael MacFhionghain Agency: San Francisco Police Department Location: San Francisco, California Involved Officer: Aidan O’Driscoll, Daniel Rosaia, Trent Collins, and Joshua Dequis |
Under Investigation |
| BI-LA2022-00009 |
Date: 02/17/2022 Decedent: Pedro Morales Lopez Agency: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Location: Norwalk, California Involved Officer: Giovanni Lampignano |
Under Investigation |