On Thursday, August 27, 2026, at about 5:29 p.m., Lathrop Police Department officers responded to a residence in the 15000 block of Pamela Court for a domestic dispute.
According to the department, the caller reported that her husband had been drinking and was throwing items in the home. The couple’s two children were there. On the 911 recording, she can be heard screaming and pleading with him to stop.
When officers arrived, a child at the door told them the parents were fighting in a bedroom and the father was throwing glass at the mother. Officers went inside and ordered the man to the ground.
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The department’s slowed replay of the seconds before the shooting shows one officer reaching out to stop the man from grabbing the other officer’s firearm. The officer tries to move away, the man reaches for the gun again, then grabs it with both hands and tries to take it. Seconds later, the woman grabs the same officer and tries to push him out of the way. Police shot the man.
He ended up on his hands and knees and did not follow commands to lie face down. The department says it cannot tell from the footage whether that was intoxication or a decision not to comply, but officers had to secure him and check him for weapons before medical aid could be given. Officers started CPR. He was taken to a hospital, where he died. No officers were injured.
The California Department of Justice is investigating under Assembly Bill 1506, and the Lathrop Police Department says it is fully cooperating. When the investigation is complete, the case goes to the DOJ’s Special Prosecutions Section for review. No finding has been released.
The video was released by the Lathrop Police Department on October 13, 2026.
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