Police killings
2013-2020

Sabrina Ann Garcia

Female, Hispanic

Date of the incident: 10/7/2017

Mesa, Maricopa, AZ
W Baseline Rd & S Ext Rd

Officers responded to a report of a woman threatening suicide. Police said officers were attempting to make contact with the woman when she ran from her apartment. Officers followed Sabrina Garcia, and reportedly saw she was holding a handgun. Garcia did not comply with orders to drop the gun. Officers then fired beanbag rounds to disarm her but the rounds were not effective. Police said Garcia turned toward the officers holding the gun, and they shot and killed her.