Police killings
2013-2020

Abraham Arellano

Male, Hispanic

Date of the incident: 3/25/2019

Thurmont, Frederick, MD
Sandy Spring Ln & Jessica Ln

Police received a call before 1:30 a.m. from someone saying that they could see a person with a gun breaking into a residence through a back window. Upon arrival, police received information that Arellano was suicidal and implicating suicide by cop. Officers approached on foot and encountered Arellano coming from the backyard. Arellano reportedly said he had a gun on him. As Arellano was walking back to the house, officers reportedly saw a handgun, and a deputy shot and killed him.