Police killings
2013-2020

Gabriel Sanchez Velasquez

Male, Hispanic

Date of the incident: 1/17/2014

, Cochise, AZ

Sanchez, a sinewy 5-foot-9 car mechanic who spoke English well after spending 15 years in the United States, had allegedly leapt from under a mesquite bush and lunged to seize the agent's firearm, forcing him to shoot.