Police killings
2013-2020

Ricardo "Macho" Avenia

Male, Hispanic

Date of the incident: 9/16/2018

Lancaster, Lancaster, PA
571 Pershing Ave

Ricardo Avenia was shot while holding a woman at gunpoint inside a home. A neighbor called 9-1-1 around 10 p.m. to report children at the home were yelling that their father was going to kill their mother, and she was being beaten.