Police killings
2013-2020

Esau Castellanos-Bernal

Male, Hispanic

Date of the incident: 3/16/2013

Chicago, Cook, IL
3300 West Wilson Avenue

Esau Castellanos-Bernal was first seen by police speeding, then he crashed into some parked cars and stopped in the street. As officers got close to the car to investigate, Castellanos-Bernal opened fire on them. They returned fire and Castellanos-Bernal was pronounced dead at the scene by the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.