Montez’s family says he wasn’t lunging at officers when he was shot.
John Pena Montez, seen with his common-law wife Melissa Sanchez, was killed in a police shooting on March 26, 2021. He was 57.An officer who fatally shot a 13-year-old boy this month fatally shot a man who family members say was having a mental health crisis in March last year.
On June 3, police say Ramos and another officer drove up on either side of Andre “AJ” Hernandez, 13, as he was driving a stolen, red Toyota Corolla in the 5100 block of War Cloud Street. Police say Andre was attempting to ram the driver’s-side door of a police Chevrolet Tahoe, threatening the life of the officer, who was stepping out. The officer pulled his leg back in as the car hit the SUV, and Ramos fired a single shot through the driver’s-side door, fatally wounding Andre.
But Montez’s killing still haunts his family, including his widow, Melissa Sanchez, and his sister, Debra Montez-Felder. Sanchez said the VA recommended that she call police to do a welfare check on Montez, but she never heard back after requesting one. Sanchez said Montez returned about 1 a.m., threatening to hurt himself and pressing the knife against himself.
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