Posted on 12/16/2014 7:28:09 AM PST by PROCON
Three McMinnville police officers faced off with Juventino Bermudez-Arenas as he held the large blade he'd just used to kill a 20-year-old Linfield College student.
Officers pulled their guns. One, who spoke Spanish, reached for her Taser but dropped it and grabbed her pistol as Bermudez-Arenas lowered his head and his hands and appeared to move forward.
Seconds before they fatally shot the 33-year-old Mexican man, police yelled, "Get on the ground," and, "Drop the knife," again and again.
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Actually he was...Just after the murder he had made the decision to turn his life around...he was going back to the 8th grade and was planning a career as an aspiring “rapper” or “pro soccer player”....but....He was gunned down before he could decide.....Such a pity....../s
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