Police killings
2013-2020

Joe Louis Castillanos

Male, Hispanic

Date of the incident: 5/25/2020

A call around 1:20 a.m. that a man was armed, emotional and had been drinking. The woman who called police said she and the man were going through a divorce and that he had already fired the weapon. The man refused repeated demands that he put down the gun and then fired "several times into the ground" outside the home. The officers ordered him to put down the gun, but he reportedly pointed the firearm at them. Three officers shot and killed him.