🌱 Patch AM: Why a Deputy Opened Fire Near the Imperial Beach Pier

🌱 Patch AM: Why a deputy opened fire near the Imperial Beach Pier

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Man fatally shot by sheriff’s deputy Imperial Beach identified

A man who was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy near the Imperial Beach Pier last weekend has been identified as 51-year-old Gary Gates, investigators said Friday. Gates was from Evansville, Ind., but had lived in the San Diego area for the past couple of years, officials said. Deputy Maxwell Hammond shot Gates around 1:40 p.m. Sunday while the man was reportedly advancing toward Hammond and his fellow deputies with a knife in his hand at Everg…

Deputy, victim in shooting near Imperial Beach Pier ID'd as Cary Gates of Indiana

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San Diego police ID deceased man and the deputy who fatally shot him in Imperial Beach

Authorities Friday identified a sheriff’s deputy and victim in a deputy-involved shooting earlier this week in Imperial Beach. Deputy Maxwell Hammond, who has worked for three years with the San Diego County Sheriff’s office and is currently assigned to the Imperial Beach Substation, was identified as the deputy involved. Gary Gates of Evansville, Indiana, 51, was identified as the victim...