Police killings
2013-2020

Sergio Velasco-Martinez

Male, Hispanic

Date of the incident: 7/27/2017

Avenal, Kings, CA
600 North 5th Avenue

Two officers were responding to a child custody complaint at Sergio Velasco-Martinez's apartment. He had his 1-and-a-half-year-old child sitting on the couch in the same room when he began to argue with police. Martinez was shot and killed during a fight, police said.