Nicholas Burgos Jr., who was shot seven times by a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy, died Nov. 1, according to a report from the Los Angeles County coroner’s office cited by the Los Angeles Times.
Mr. Burgos was a patient at the hospital on Oct. 6, when he allegedly became enraged and was destroying medical equipment. The shooting occurred after he shattered a window with a piece of steel medical equipment and attempted to force his way into a nearby room where an injured deputy was recovering, according to the report.
Read the full Los Angeles Times article here.
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