State clears Fontana police officer in fatal shooting of unarmed Hemet man

State clears Fontana police officer in fatal shooting of unarmed Hemet man

The state Department of Justice has cleared a Fontana police officer of criminal wrongdoing in a 2022 fatal shooting of a Hemet man in which the officer may have mistaken a cell phone for a gun. The DOJ investigates fatal shootings by police of unarmed civilians. In announcing their findings in a 54-page report on Tuesday, April 22, investigators made recommendations that they believe would improve the Fontana Police Department’s tactics and pol…

CA DOJ Won’t Prosecute Officer Who Killed Unarmed Man   - Davis Vanguard

A report from California Attorney General Rob Bonta found no substantial evidence to support criminal charges against an officer who killed an unarmed man in Fontana, CA in 2022.

A chilling incident shook the town of Fontana after a 22-year-old woman reported her partner for physical violence, and hours later, the man was found dead at his home. On Monday night, around 11:55 p.m., the young woman went to the Fontana First Police Station to file a formal complaint against her partner, Benjamín Javier Rivarola, 24, for physical assault. After learning of the complaint, police officers went to the young man's home to identi…