Police killings
2013-2020

Vincent Edward "Junior" Hernandez Jr.

Male, Hispanic

Date of the incident: 9/11/2017

West Valinda, Los Angeles, CA
1200 Stichman Avenue

Junior Hernandez lived with his grandmother, but he was being evicted. Deputies were called just before 5 p.m. for a call about a family disturbance. Family members had called police and said Hernandez may have been under the influence of drugs. Hernandez locked himself in the back bedroom of the home and then climbed out of the window. He fired two rounds from an airsoft gun at the deputies. Fearing for their lives and safety, the deputies shot and killed him.