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Douglas Zerby

Case from Long Beach, CA dated Dec 12, 2010

Victim Details

Douglas Zerby

March 28, 2022

Male

Caucasian / White

Long Beach

CA

2010-12-12

35

Douglas

Zerby

07/19/2026

1


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On December 12, 2010, Douglas Zerby, a 35-year-old resident of Long Beach, California, was fatally shot by two Long Beach Police Department officers. Zerby was sitting on a stoop at his friend's apartment in the Belmont Shore neighborhood, holding a garden hose nozzle that the officers mistook for a firearm. Responding to a 911 call reporting a man with a "six-shooter," the police approached the scene without identifying themselves or issuing any verbal warnings. Officers Jeffrey Shurtleff and V ...
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  • Killing of Douglas Zerby - Wikipedia
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