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Andrew Andy Lopez

Case from Santa-rosa, CA dated Oct 22, 2013

Victim Details

Andrew Andy Lopez

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Santa-rosa

CA

2013-10-22

13

Andrew

Andy Lopez

07/08/2026

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On October 22, 2013, 13-year-old Andrew "Andy" Lopez was fatally shot by Sonoma County sheriff's deputy Erick Gelhaus in Santa Rosa, California. The incident occurred in the Moorland Avenue neighborhood, where Lopez was walking through a vacant lot carrying an airsoft gun designed to resemble an AK-47 assault rifle. The orange tip of the airsoft gun, which would have indicated it was a toy, had been broken off, making it appear more realistic. Gelhaus, who was patrolling the area with another de ...
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  • SFGATE: Inside the final minutes before Andy Lopez's toy-gun death
  • SFGATE: Sonoma County to pay $3 million to family of Andy Lopez, boy killed by deputy
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