Omar Ventura
Male, Hispanic
Date of the incident: 12/24/2015
Porterville, Tulare, CA
200 N Larson St
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.