Ruben Escarrega
Male, Hispanic
Date of the incident: 5/8/2020
Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA
I-710
I-710
About 11:30 p.m., Long Beach officers saw a man with a knife walking near the Santa Fe Avenue onramp. CHP officers were called and encountered the man walking on the 405 Freeway just after midnight and tried to get him to drop the knife. The man fled instead of surrendering. About 5 minutes later, the man was located on the 710 Freeway. Officers again tried to get the man to drop the large kitchen knife. A standoff began for about 30 minutes with the man continuing to act erratically. The man allegedly lunged at officers with knife in hand, and officers shot and killed him.