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Nephi Arriguin
The Washington Post's Fatal Force database records Nephi Arriguin in a fatal on-duty police shooting on 2015-05-07 in Cerritos, CA. Individual circumstances and legal outcome require case-specific review.
- Record ID
- PB-170
- Incident date
- May 7, 2015
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Location
- Cerritos, CA
- Agency
- Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
- Category
- Fatal on-duty police shooting
- Age (reported)
- 21
What happened
On May 7, 2015, a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy shot and killed 21-year-old Nephi Arriguin in Cerritos, California. Deputies said they had been investigating reports of a suspicious couple knocking on doors and approached a vehicle matching a description. The sheriff's department alleged Arriguin tried to drive toward a deputy, prompting the gunfire; the car subsequently crashed into roadside infrastructure. Arriguin's relatives and community members contested the official explanation and marched to the sheriff's station demanding access to evidence and a transparent inquiry. His mother spoke publicly about her son and the family's grief. The available contemporary reporting establishes the competing accounts and calls for scrutiny, but does not document a final verdict or legal finding regarding the deputy's use of force.
Investigation & findings
Individual legal and investigative outcome not yet reviewed.
Washington Post Fatal Force v2; 2015–2024
Source record details
- Source incident ID
- 436
- Race code in source
- B
- Race source method
- not_available
- Gender (source)
- male
- Flee status (source)
- car
- Agency IDs (source)
- 20
Sources & records
- Primary source
- Additional source
- Methodology and national police killings trackingMapping Police Violence · Dataset/methodology
- Fatal Force v2 — fatal on-duty police shootings, 2015–2024The Washington Post · Dataset