Police killings
2013-2020

David Cuevas

Male, Hispanic

Date of the incident: 2/26/2015

Lakeland, Polk, FL
4660 N Socrum Loop Rd

Cuevas' ex-girlfriend alerted police as the man, arrested then released in Pennsylvania on Florida sexual battery charges, sent her a string of threatening texts as he returned to Florida. Police encountered him in a hamburger restaurant parking lot. He was armed, went for the gun in his waistband, and was fatally shot.