Police killings
2013-2020

Umberto Sanchez Ramoz

Male, Hispanic

Date of the incident: 10/14/2018

Porterville, Tulare, CA
16000 Rd 168

Deputies were called to a home when Umberto Sanchez Ramoz had become violent, and threatened family members with a knife. The family members locked themselves into a back room and called 9-1-1. He panicked when deputies arrived. He allegedly kicked in a door and took an 11-year-old family member hostage. One of the deputies shot and killed him.