Police killings
2013-2020

Richard Fredrick Tis Mil Estrada

Male, Native American

Date of the incident: 12/18/2014

Willow Creek, Humboldt, CA

The boy, who was a Hoopa tribal member, crashed his car into a telephone pole at approx 2 a.m., CHP responded. Officer claims the boy attacked him with a machete, in the midst of a "good conversation." Officer shot him and went back to his car & called for assistance. Second officer came to the scene and found the boy naked & unarmed on the ground, bleeding out from gunshot wound and unresponsive. Tasered him a few times, and between the two officers and the help of two unnamed "good samaritans" they wrestled the boy into handcuffs. He died 10 minutes later, while waiting for an ambulance.