Earlier in the month, police shot and killed Osman Hernandez, 26, after they said he grabbed a knife in his waistband while officers were trying to handcuff him. Police said they had used a stun gun on both men, but the tactic was not effective.
Galdamez's nephew was Osman Hernandez, who was fatally shot May 9 by Salinas police officers in a parking lot near the Mi Pueblo supermarket on East Alisal Street. Officers say Hernandez, who had fallen onto his back after he was shocked with a Taser electronic stun gun, revealed a lettuce harvestinTuesday's suspect was shot down "like an animal," Estrada said. The description has had a recent resurgence in popularity in Salinas and was last used to describe the fatal shooting of Osman Hernandez.