Police killings
2013-2020

Joshua Florez

Male, Hispanic

Date of the incident: 6/18/2019

Centralia, Lewis, WA
1400 Logan St

Officers responded just before 5 a.m. to a reports of a burglary in progress. Officers were told the man was armed. When they arrived, they found a man matching the description armed with a knife. Josh Flores allegedly continued to approach police after they told him to stop, and he was shot and killed.