Jose Walter Garza, 30
Laredo, Texas
August 30, 2014
Agencies: Laredo Police Department - Texas
Cause of death: Shooting
Last updated: almost 6 years ago
Overview 
According to the victim’s family, the injuries Garza sustained were so gruesome they have decided against burying him in a casket. Baeza would not confirm how many shots police fired, but family members say they unloaded at least 80 rounds. Garza’s cousin Andrea Martinez told the New York Daily News that he was hit so many times “he had no face.”
Legal Action
February 2015 Officer cleared of wrongdoing
Additional Resources:
- http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/29/1348299/-A-Month-in-a-Year-of-Decades-of-Under-Reporting added March 28, 2016 13:51
- http://www.rawstory.com/2014/09/texas-cops-shoot-mentally-ill-man-armed-with-pellet-gun-until-he-had-no-face/ added March 28, 2016 13:45
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eZ5WmeAPUY added March 28, 2016 13:42
- http://www.lmtonline.com/front-news/article_6c7f0108-e521-5554-9fa9-2e8ba8639653.html added March 28, 2016 13:41
- https://www.rt.com/usa/185104-laredo-texas-garza-shot/ added March 28, 2016 13:40
- http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/police-fired-61-shots-killing-man-bb-gun-laredo-truck-stop-article-1.1930058 added March 28, 2016 13:39
- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2742994/Schizophrenic-man-armed-pellet-gun-no-face-shot-80-times-cops.html added March 28, 2016 13:37
- http://www.kgns.tv/home/headlines/Police-officer-Jose-Walter-Garza-cleared-of-any-wrongdoing-292510191.html added March 28, 2016 13:35
- http://www.killedbypolice.net/kbp2014.html added March 28, 2016 13:32
- https://panampost.com/guillermo-jimenez/2014/09/04/witness-laredo-police-knew-it-was-a-pellet-gun-when-they-killed-jose-garza/ added March 28, 2016 13:32