Crime & Safety
Alameda Police Officers Involved In Death Identified
The three officers are all on leave. They were hired by the department between 2010 and 2018. View the body cam video.
ALAMEDA, CA — The City of Alameda has identified three Alameda Police officers who were placed on leave following an in-custody death last week.
The officers are James Fisher, who has been with APD since 2010, and Cameron Leahy and Eric McKinley, who have been with APD since 2018, city spokesperson Sarah Henry told Patch.
Their IDs were released one day after body cam video of the incident that led to the death of 26-year-old Mario Gonzalez was released.
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Warning: the following video is disturbing and should not be seen by children.
The City emphasized that it is committed to full transparency and accountability. There are three investigations into Gonzalez's death underway: criminal investigations by the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department and Alameda County District Attorney’s Office, and an independent outside investigation by Louise Renne of Renne Public Law Group, who was hired by the City.
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In addition, a Zoom Town Hall meeting will be held later this week.
An autopsy into the cause of Gonzalez's death has not been released.
The video shows officers pushing down on Gonzalez's back as he was face down on the ground. His death came one day before a jury reached a verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin. In that case. Chavin was found guilty of murder after pinning George Floyd to the ground with his knee.
Gonzalez was held down for about 5 minutes. Police officers performed CPR on him, and administered doses of Narcan to him, which is used to reverse opioid overdoses. Alameda firefighters also treated Gonzalez before he was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Gonzalez's family has hired a law firm to represent them. The police officers are also represented by an attorney.
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