Los Angeles, California
February 16, 2008
Agencies: Los Angeles Police Department California LAPD
Cause of death: Not Yet Known
Last updated: almost 6 years ago
Juan Carlos Castillo-Maldonado, 22, a Latino man, was shot and killed in an officer-involved shooting at the intersection of Park View Street and Ocean View Avenue near MacArthur Park about 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16.
According to police, officers with LAPD's Rampart Division responded to a report that an armed man had tried to rob three people in separate incidents. Officers spotted Castillo-Maldonado near the intersection, where they pulled over, got out of their patrol car, and instructed him in English and Spanish to drop his gun.