Police killings
2013-2020

Refugio Alvarez

Male, Hispanic

Date of the incident: 1/30/2017

Fresno, Fresno, CA
N 1st St and E Clinton Ave

Refugio Alvarez called 911 and told police there were people inside his home that he did not know. Police arrived a short time later, and when they knocked on the door, Alvarez answered the door with a gun and machete in his hands. He was shot and killed.