Police killings
2013-2020

Daniel David Messmer

Male, White

Date of the incident: 2/23/2019

Victorville, San Bernardino, CA
12130 Bear Valley Rd

Deputies responded to a call of a man with a gun inside a Shell Gas Station at around 4 p.m. Daniel Messmer was allegedly armed with a handgun and appeared to be intoxicated. When deputies arrived, they found Messmer in a desert area east of the gas station armed with a handgun. After being told to drop his weapon, Messmer failed to comply and allegedly pointed his gun at the deputies, who shot and killed him.