Global InformationKilling of Andres Guardado information
 Approximate location of the incident in Los Angeles County. | |
| Date | June 18, 2020 |
|---|---|
| Time | 17:52 - 17:53 |
| Location | West Rancho Dominguez, California |
| Coordinates | 33°53′34″N 118°16′51.5″W / 33.89278°N 118.280972°W |
| Type | Shooting |
| Participants | Miguel Vega Chris Hernandez |
| Deaths | Andrés Guardado |
Andres Guardado (November 3, 2001 – June 18, 2020) was an 18-year-old Salvadoran-American man shot in the back and killed by a deputy sheriff from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department on June 18, 2020, in the unincorporated community of West Rancho Dominguez, California, just outside of the Harbor Gateway section of the City of Los Angeles.[1][2][3][4] Guardado ran from two uniformed police officers into an alley, where he died after being shot by deputies. Seven shots were fired and Guardado was hit in the upper torso. Police say that Guardado produced a handgun during the chase. Investigators do not believe it was fired.[5][6] Accounts of the incident are disputed between police and witnesses.[7][8][9][10] Police stated they were searching for footage of the incident.[8] Store-owner Andrew Heney reported that several cameras at the scene, including a digital video recorder that stored surveillance footage, were taken and destroyed by police.[10][11]
Local protests emerged in response to the killing of Guardado and involved protestors and media reporters being tear gassed and shot by rubber bullets at the sheriff's station in Compton.[12][13] The incident was widely reported as the second police killing involving the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies within two days of one another, the other being Terron Jammal Boone, who was identified as the half-brother of 24-year-old Robert Fuller.[14][15][16][17] Guardado's death came in the wake of the murder of George Floyd and subsequent protests.[7][15] According to a whistleblower, the police who killed Guardado were trying to join a violent gang within the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.[18] In November 2020, the L.A. county coroner's office ordered an inquest to be conducted in the case. This was the first inquest ordered in the county in over thirty years and was noted to be a challenge against the power of county law enforcement.[19]
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- ^ Diavolo, Lucy (June 22, 2020). "18-Year-Old Andres Guardado's Death Prompts More Police Brutality Protests in Los Angeles". Teen Vogue. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
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- ^ a b Telles, Megan; Salahieh, Nouran; Mester, Mark (June 19, 2020). "'He ran away because he knew what was gonna happen': Family demands justice for 18-year-old fatally shot by deputies near Gardena". KTLA 5. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
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- ^ "A march for a man shot and killed by police ended with protesters being shot by rubber bullets". CNN. June 22, 2020. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
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- ^ "'He Ran Because He Was Scared': LASD Deputies Shoot, Kill Auto Body Shop Security Guard In Gardena". CBS Los Angeles. June 19, 2020. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
- ^ a b Lee, ArLuther (June 19, 2020). "Police shoot, kill 18-year-old Hispanic security guard on patrol at LA auto shop". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
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