Homicide Report > Miguel Sanchez Jr., 21
Miguel Sanchez Jr., 21
Died Feb. 15, 2011
Miguel Sanchez Jr., a 21-year-old Latino, died Tuesday, Feb. 15, hours after he was shot by an off-duty officer in the 1500 block of West 224th Street in Harbor Gateway, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
An off-duty policeman parked his personal car near Denker Avenue and West 224th Street on Feb. 14 about 11:45 p.m. when he saw Sanchez running toward him with a gun, according to an LAPD news release.
Authorities said Sanchez pointed the gun at the policeman, at which point the officer-involved shooting occurred.
Paramedics were called and Sanchez was pronounced dead at the scene.
The off-duty officer, who has been with the department for three years and seven months, was not hurt during the incident. Police are withholding the officer's name because there are outstanding assailants connected to the case.
A review of the officer-involved shooting will be conducted by the LAPD Force Investigation Division, as well as the police chief, the Office of the Inspector General and Board of Police Commissioners and the Los Angeles County district attorney's office, officials said.
— Sarah Ardalani
- Neighborhood: Harbor Gateway
- Age: 21
- Gender: Male
- Cause: Gunshot
- Day of the week: Tuesday
- Agency: LAPD Force Investigation
- Race/Ethnicity: Latino
- Circumstance: Officer-involved
- Crime scene: Public place
14 reader comments about Miguel Sanchez Jr.
Miguel was a very good person and did not deserve to go out like this. Just because he pointed guns at people does not make him a bad person. He never pulled the trigger.
April 19, 2011 at 9:34 a.m.
Jose. Yes, because he pointed guns at people does not make him a bad person, however what was his motive? To scare or to rob? And maybe if he did pull the trigger, he would be alive today! In the end, it was his bad choice to pull the gun at that person at that time. Did he deserve to die over this? NO! But his actions had consequences and no one else is to blame. RIP Miguel.
May 11, 2011 at 1:17 p.m.
Rest iN Peace
Miguel Sanchez <3
Miguel Really Wasnt A Bad Person When You Needed Him He Was There , Regardless The Situation He ALways Knew How To Make You Feel Better .. All My Respects To Him .
iMiss You Miguel . What Was DOne To Him Wasnt Right And You GUys Know That .
Nov. 14, 2011 at 10:22 p.m.
Jose - "Just because he pointed guns at people does not make him a bad person. He never pulled the trigger."
That has got to be one of the most ignorant comments I've heard. So only if he pulled the trigger, only then he'd be a bad person? I really don't understand your logic. What good person pulls a gun on someone?? If you're pulling a gun on someone other than to protect yourself from someone shooting you, you should expect to be shot and possibly killed.
Sounds to me that he picked the wrong person to try and rob and paid the ultimate price.
Nov. 15, 2011 at 10:57 a.m.
"Miguel Really Wasnt A Bad Person When You Needed Him"
So when you didnt need him he was really bad?
Nov. 15, 2011 at 12:08 p.m.
— LA Resident ..... regarding the comment from Jose ..... this is what society has to deal with. For many of these gang enablers, violence is the norm. They have no moral bearing in which to judge people, and come up with the strangest excuses for criminal and sociopathic behavior.
Nov. 15, 2011 at 5:30 p.m.
Once again Syscom3 strikes when it's a minority....however I'm not the only one that feels this way...I've been sending quotes from others that Syscom3 chooses not to respond to when he is challenged on white crime....Here's an example "Syscom3, you indicated 11.2% of homicides are whites in LA County. Considering Whites are a minitority in LA County it is not as rare as you think it is. Also, you always choose to bash on the Hispanics and Blacks who have been killed. On the other hand, you have posted only two to three comments when it involves Whites." (Jag)... Syscom3 the racist but obsessed with minorities did not have a retort....TELL US WHY SYSCOM3
Nov. 16, 2011 at 11:23 a.m.
An analysis of the 2010 census data for LAC and the four years of homicide numbers as reported by this blog show the following (numbers rounded off):
Asian - 14% of the population with 3% of the homicides
White - 28% of the population with 11% of the homicides
Black - 9% of the population with 32% of the homicides
Latino - 48% of the population with 52% of the homicides.
To satisfy your definition of semantics, I will say that whites or Asians getting murdered isn't rare. Just infrequent.
There is also the question of why I don't "bash" white criminals. Long time readers of this blog know I do so when Caucasian criminals end up on the blog. It isn't my fault that its quite an infrequent occurrence. So by your logic, you call me a racist for not commenting on people who haven't been killed yet.
"TELL US WHY SYSCOM3"? The numbers speak for themselves. White and Asian gang crime in LAC is rare and doesn't happen very often. Not my fault.
Nov. 17, 2011 at 7:57 p.m.
Syscom3, great stats! Would you mind sharing the same numbers nation wide?
Nov. 18, 2011 at 9:49 a.m.
Jose,
He pointed the gun to the police did not mean he is the bad boy, but you have to understand that the police could not read his mind at that very monent , he might turn from good boy to bad boy so the police decided to pull the trigger first.
Feb. 28, 2012 at 10:14 p.m.
"Authorities said Sanchez pointed the gun at the policeman." I don't think that's how it happened...but they always believe the cop.
Oct. 10, 2012 at 3:27 a.m.
— ?
So how did it happen? Please enlighten us!
Oct. 10, 2012 at 1:35 p.m.
stupidity is coming out finally.....he was a good person and even tho he pointed the gun at the officer he didn't pull the trigger? that is stupid he got exactly what he deserved a bullet to in his A__
March 11, 2013 at 8:13 a.m.
Are you serious he's not a bad person because he didn't pull the trigger, you need to get your head examed, I'm glad the officer took action because if it was someone else unarmed Mr. Sanchez would have killed that person.
March 11, 2013 at 10:13 a.m.
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