Raymond Peralta-lantigua

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Name as recorded

Raymond Peralta-lantigua

Age as recorded

22

Gender as recorded

Male

Race as reported

Hispanic/Latino

Date of the injury resulting in death

June 11, 2015

Location as recorded

Hackensack, Bergen County185 Johnson Ave Hackensack NJ 07601 Bergen

Highest level of force as recorded

Gunshot

Agency or agencies involved, as recorded: Hackensack Police Department

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Fatal Encounters' description of the incident, verbatim. This is the source project's own third-party narrative, not this site's reporting.

Officers reported they shot Peralta-lantigua after he attempted to attack them with a knife. His mother had called 911 after he hit her and she had locked herself in her bedroom. She said Peralta-lantigua was walking slowly toward officers with the knife, and that she told him in Spanish to drop the knife, but that he couldn't understand the officers' orders. Peralta-lantigua had drug problems and had sought mental help.

Source reported by Fatal Encounters: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Hackensack-Shooting-New-Jersey-307048771.html (external link, as recorded in the dataset).

What does the Fatal Encounters dataset record about this incident?

Fatal Encounters records that Raymond Peralta-lantigua died on June 11, 2015 in Hackensack, Bergen County, with "Gunshot" as the highest level of force. Fatal Encounters is an independent, crowdsourced dataset of deaths that occurred during police encounters of any kind; a record is not a finding of fault or misconduct.

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Which agency or agencies were recorded as involved?

The record's agency field reads "Hackensack Police Department". Presence in that field means the agency appears in the record as reported, nothing more; it is not a claim of fault or responsibility by any officer or agency.

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Where did this happen?

The record places the death in Hackensack, Bergen County, on June 11, 2015. The address as recorded is 185 Johnson Ave Hackensack NJ 07601 Bergen.

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Does this record mean police caused or were at fault for this death?

No. Fatal Encounters documented deaths that occurred during police encounters of any kind, including vehicle pursuits and crashes, suicides that occurred in police presence, and medical emergencies. This record documents that a death occurred during an encounter; it is not a finding of fault, misconduct, or wrongdoing, and it has no connection to the discipline records elsewhere on this site.

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