Ricardo Alfonso Cerna (1956 â December 19, 2003) was a Guatemalan immigrant to the United States known for committing suicide in 2003 with a gun in an interrogation room in the San Bernardino County Sheriff's office in Muscoy, California. The room's video recording system was running and recorded the event. He was 47 years old.
BACKGROUND
Cerna was stopped by Sheriff's Deputy Michael Parham for a traffic violation on December 19, 2003. He attempted to escape in his car and then later on foot. During the pursuit, he shot Parham twice in the abdomen, but the wound was not fatal. Cerna was arrested shortly afterward. The San Bernardino Police, the County Sheriff's Department, and the California Highway Patrol were all involved in the chase, but during his apprehension, no one ensured he was properly searched.
Video surveillance footage showed that Cerna entered the interrogation room and asked head of homicide investigation Officer Bobby Dean for a bottle of water. When Cerna received the water, he started drinking and Dean walked out of the room. Now alone, Cerna reached under his pants and retrieved a .45-caliber handgun that he had concealed. He then put the gun up to his head and shot himself in the left temple.[5] Cerna died on the scene.
The County Sheriff's Department showed the security camera footage to the media the next day. To avoid sensationalism, only a limited number of selected reporters were permitted for viewing. Although the police tried to control access, the footage was leaked.
POSSIBLE MOTIVE
Cerna, who had previously been convicted of other serious crimes, may have understood that he was about to catch a third strike case for wounding Deputy Parham and possibly preferred to end his own life rather than face a possible life sentence.
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They had obviously told him that they would kill his family if he didn't off himself. Think about how protective cops are off each other... It dosen't compute that a rugged creeer criminal commits suicide . .
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So he shot a copy in the stomach non fatalt, and then get put in custody and miraculously has a gun on himself. It smells cop revenge a long way
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He killed himself my birthday
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Snapshots:
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always check pockets of the suspect before interrogating them
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I've seen this video numerous times but it has never said why he was arrested, thank you for the background info
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"dyammit" lmfaoo
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Lazy law enforcement
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“son of a bitch” 😭HAHAHA
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Cops arent upset he killed himself. They are upset with the amount of paperwork they were about to do ð
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This man really got that far because lazy cops didn't shake him down. Their reactions too, "Where'd he get it!?" "Nobody shook him" calmly "Oh God dammit"
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