RICHARD RIVERA, THE MAN SHOT AND KILLED BY APD OFFICER JONATHAN O’GUINN ON JUNE 16TH, HAD A CRIMINAL HISTORY GOING BACK TO 1989. APD RELEASED MORE INFORMATION THURSDAY ABOUT THE INCIDENT. LT. RAY DEL-GRECO SAYS OFFICER O’GUINN BELIEVED RIVERA WAS ARMED AS HE CHASED THE SUSPECT THROUGH THE PARKING LOT OF THE SMITH’S ON YALE BLVD. HE SAYS HE ALSO HEARD MR. RIVERA STATE TWICE THAT HE HAD A GUN. WITNESSES CONFIRMED THAT’S ALSO WHAT THEY HEARD RIVERA SAY.
O’GUINN FIRED SIX TIMES, HITTING RIVERA WITH FOUR OF THOSE ROUNDS. THIS WAS THE THIRD TIME SINCE 2016 THAT OFFICER O’GUINN HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN A SHOOTING. RIVERA WAS A SUSPECT IN THE ARMED ROBBERY OF A VERIZON STORE THAT OCCURRED ON THE SAME DAY HE WAS KILLED.
