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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-RI2023-00057 |
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 |
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 Agency: California Highway Patrol and Alameda County Sheriff’s Office Location: 1600 Block 163rd Avenue at Liberty Street, Ashland, Alameda County |
Under Investigation |
| BI-LA2023-00020 |
Date: 05/27/2023 Agency: Burbank Police Department Location: 1200 S. Flower Street, Burbank Involved Officer: Peter Choi, Jose Placencia, Geovanni Fabian |
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-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-SF2023-00037 |
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-RI2023-00006 |
Date: 03/18/2023 Decedent: Guillermo Huerta Agency: Bakersfield Police Department Location: Bakersfield, Kern County Involved Officer: Bradley Mouser |
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-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-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-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-LA2022-00049 |
Date: 12/18/2022 Decedent: Guillermo Medina Agency: Culver City Police Department Location: Culver City, California Involved Officer: Adam Rios |
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-LA2022-00035 |
Date: 09/17/2022 Decedent: Luis Herrera Agency: Los Angeles Police Department Location: Los Angeles, California Involved Officer: Luis Navarette |
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-SF2022-00007 |
Date: 07/13/2022 Decedent: Curtis Dale Barnett Agency: Salinas Police Department Location: Salinas, California Involved Officer: Gabriel Garcia, Alejandro Jimenez, Eduardo Bejarano, and Jordy Urrutia |
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-LA2022-00020 |
Date: 06/21/2022 Decedent: Earl Shane Holland Agency: San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department Location: Adelanto, California Involved Officer: Justin Lopez |
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-SF2022-00003 |
Date: 05/19/2022 Decedent: Austin Flores Agency: Fresno Police Department Location: Fresno, California Involved Officer: Christopher Cooper |
Under Investigation |
| BI-LA2022-00016 |
Date: 05/04/2022 Decedent: John Joseph Alaniz Agency: California Highway Patrol Location: Paramount, California Involved Officer: Ramon Silva |
Under Investigation |
| BI-LA2022-00013 |
Date: 04/09/2022 Decedent: Daniel Luis Valdivia Agency: Covina Police Department Location: Covina, California Involved Officer: Vanessa Cardoza, David Meadows, and Billy Sun |
Under Investigation |
| BI-RI2022-00011 |
Date: 04/07/2022 Decedent: Travis Shane Tarrants Agency: Fontana Police Department Location: Fontana, California Involved Officer: Brandon Gossert, Johnsull Doakes, Joshua Nassar, Jociento DeLeon, and Leonard Sein |
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 |
| BI-RI2022-00003 |
Date: 01/18/2022 Decedent: Joseph Thomas Tracy Agency: Riverside County Sheriff's Department, Hemet Police Department, and Riverside Police Department Location: Hemet, California Involved Officer: Chris Porrazzo, Josh Smith, Art Paez, and Richard Kerr |
Under Investigation |
| BI-SF2022-00001 |
Date: 01/20/2022 Decedent: Nelson Szeto Agency: San Francisco Police Department Location: San Francisco, California Involved Officer: Steven Uang, Oliver Lim, David Wakayama, and Erik Whitney |
Under Investigation |
| BI-LA2021-00036 |
Date: 12/23/2021 Decedent: Valentina Orellana Peralta and Daniel Abisai Elena Lopez Agency: Los Angeles Police Department Location: Los Angeles, California Involved Officer: William Jones |
Under Investigation |
| BI-SF2021-00013 |
Date: 12/10/2021 Decedent: Guadalupe Zavala Agency: Antioch Police Department Location: Antioch, California Involved Officer: Scott Duggar, Theodore Chang, Ryan McDonald, and Eric Rombough |
Under Investigation |
| BI-RI2021-00023 |
Date: 07/26/2021 Decedent: Samuel Soto Agency: Los Angeles Police Department Location: Los Angeles, California Involved Officer: Eduardo Martinez and David Foci |
Under Investigation |
| BI-LA2021-00019 |
Date: 08/09/2021 Decedent: Luis Manuel Garcia-Arias Agency: Tustin Police Department Location: Tustin, California Involved Officer: Estela Silva |
Under Investigation |
| BI-RI2021-00024 |
Date: 08/07/2021 Decedent: Che Noe Zuniga Agency: Bakersfield Police Department Location: Bakersfield, California Involved Officer: Carson Puryear, Scott Mann, Joshua Pena, Chad Dickson, and Desmond Ramseur |
Under Investigation |