Edgar Camacho-Alvarado, 23, was fatally shot on February 20, 2016, by Deputy United States Marshal Paul Hernandez during a brief pursuit in the trailer park where Camacho-Alvarado and his mother lived. Hernandez stated that he saw Camacho-Alvarado pull a gun from his right hoodie pocket, shouted commands, and chased him for about eight seconds while repeatedly yelling Police. Hernandez testified he saw the firearm in Camacho-Alvarado’s hand and that, after briefly losing sight of him near trailer 26, he observed Camacho-Alvarado pointing the weapon at him and fired four rounds from his duty Glock 23. The fatal bullet traversed from the right lateral chest near the armpit to the left mid-back.

Officers found Camacho-Alvarado fallen in the doorway of trailer 26; a gun was observed near his body though one deputy later expressed uncertainty about its precise location. His mother, Hermelinda Alvarado-Escobedo, challenged the shooting, alleging possible mistaken identity and unreasonable force. Did anyone in the trailer park see the chase or the moments before the shooting?