Police killings
2013-2020

Omar Ventura

Male, Hispanic

Date of the incident: 12/24/2015

Porterville, Tulare, CA
200 N Larson St

Police said Ventura was shot as he walked with a knife towards his girlfriend, who was hiding behind a garbage can outside a home. The officer who fired had just been interviewing the girlfriend about two alleged domestic assaults by Ventura earlier in the day, when Ventura returned to the scene and refused to drop his knife as he approached the woman.