Oscar Alberto Ramirez Jr. was 28 when he was shot and killed on October 27, 2014, near Rosecrans and Downey avenues in Paramount, California. Deputies had responded after a 12-year-old student reported seeing two men armed with a knife and a handgun near a city park. A deputy later spotted men matching the descriptions; Ramirez fled and was pursued to the railroad tracks near Paramount High School, where several students witnessed the shooting.

According to the Sheriff’s Office account, Ramirez kept his right arm behind his back and moved it in a way the deputy perceived as threatening, prompting the deputy to fire. Ramirez was struck multiple times and pronounced dead at the scene. His family filed a wrongful-death claim on December 19, 2014, alleging Ramirez was unarmed, was shot five times with four bullets in his back, was denied medical care, and that the department delayed identifying the deputy and withheld information. The deputy involved was identified as Bryan Moreno.

Does anyone have additional information about witnesses, the autopsy, or the investigation that could clarify what happened that day?