Police killings
2013-2020

Rueben Galindo

Male, Hispanic

Date of the incident: 9/6/2017

Charlotte, Mecklenburg, NC
1841 Prospect Dr

Police said Rueben Galindo was fatally shot after calling the police to say he had a gun. Galindo was not speaking English when he called the emergency line, police said. According to police, when Officers Courtney Suggs and David Guerra arrived they found an armed man, Galindo, outside an apartment complex. Galindo refused to drop the weapon, and the officers shot and killed him.