Edgar Espinoza

Male, Hispanic

Date of the incident: 12/15/2018

Place of the incident:

Hanford, Kings, CA
7622 Houston Avenue

Deputies received reports of a man chasing a child in the roadway at around 11 p.m. Police said they found Edgar Espinoza in a pickup truck with his 9-year-old son in a chokehold with a military knife to his throat. Deputies tried to get him out of the car, but the father wouldn't let him go. A deputy shot and killed the father.

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