Man Killed By Off-Duty CHP Officer In Modesto Identified

March 21, 2011 6:10 AM

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MODESTO, Calif. (AP) — Police say a suicidal university student escaped from a mental facility and was trying to break into Modesto homes when he was shot to death by an off-duty California Highway Patrol Officer.

A family who helped care for 19-year-old Ricky Miranda tells the Modesto Bee that the California State University, Stanislaus, freshman told them Saturday morning he wanted to die.

Duane and Julie Brooks called sheriff’s deputies to their rural Oakdale home and Miranda was taken to Doctors Behavioral Health Center for psychiatric evaluation.

Modesto police say he escaped hours later and was shot to death by the off-duty CHP officer while trying to break into homes. The name of the officer and details of the shooting haven’t been released.

Tax Payer

It’s sad that he had a mental condition and was not able to receive help earlier. Some times, when a person is determined to take their life, they will stop at nothing to accomplish the task. My sincere thoughs to the family and friends of the departed.
Penny

Maybe he was looking for his house, and what was thought that he was trying to rob people. Did we think of that????????
Selmers

Woohoo!
Robert Floch

There is way that seems right to a man, but the end thereof is the way of death. Proverbs. Life can be merciless if we are not following our Creator. I’ve learned that the hard way.
Timothy G Twomey

We did.
barry

Is this justifiable homicide???
Shelly

I think it ended up being assisted suicide
Bill

By definition, this is not a homicide. This officer was well within his rights and whether the use of lethal force was necessary is beside the point.
Bill

Hindsight is 20/20.
timatoe

Strange, an earlier story said the off duty officer was attacked by this man before the shooting. Now they make it out as though he just came out and shot him because he was breaking into houses.
theresa

people play the mental card all the time just to get a check because they dont want to work. sometimes it back fires and they lock you up and keep the check.
scopedope

If he was a university student, who was paying for his education? Not the taxpayers, I hope.
Son of a CHiP

I guess when you have someone trying to break into your house you take the time to sit down with them and discuss their reasons for breaking into your house before you try to stop them or protect yourself. Liberals ?????
indeedan

Do we need to kill those, who have already stabbed themselves in a serious suicide gesture. Do we really have a safe psychiatic facility, DBHC, that can handle danger to self and other patients? How often do you hear about danger to self patients/others escaping a psychiatric facility,DBHC, and then getting killed by the police? Where were the police, who were to assist in stopping the man from suicide? Was lethal force justified when this sad man had already stabbed himself ? Solutions must be demanded and changes must be made at DBHC and any psychiatric center that can not protect their patients!
Jeffery Lutge

Ricky was my friend and he was breaking into a house of a friends and when they woke up he try ed to kill him self…. he was cold wet scared and charged with anger the person the shoot him was an wrestling
friends dad and knew ricky was a treat to annoy because ricky could kill anyone and this friends dad knew that