Police killings
2013-2020

Luis Alberto Garcia-Vara

Male, Hispanic

Date of the incident: 4/3/2018

Petaluma, Sonoma, CA
1 Lakeville Cir

Luis Alberto Garcia-Vara was shot and by Petaluma police during a standoff at a Petaluma apartment complex. Five Petaluma police officers fired 16 rounds at Garcia-Vara after he brandished a gun at them following negotiations for him to surrender. Garcia-Vara died at about 10 p.m.