Police killings
2013-2020

Armando Moreno Garcia

Male, Hispanic

Date of the incident: 1/22/2020

Mesa, Maricopa, AZ
S Extension Road and W Southern Avenue

Tempe police detectives were searching for a wanted fugitive from California around 9:30 a.m. and followed him into Mesa, police said. Detectives tried to arrest the man. Police said the officers felt threatened so they shot and killed the man. Details as to what precipitated the killing and what the threat might have been were withheld by police.