Boy, 11, Killed by Police in Modesto Drug Raid
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MODESTO — An 11-year-old boy was fatally shot by a member of a police SWAT team during a drug raid at his parents’ home.
Alberto Sepulveda, a seventh-grader, was shot in the back Wednesday when an officer accidentally fired his shotgun, said Police Chief Roy Wasden.
David Hawn, a 21-year department veteran and a SWAT team member for more than 18 years, was placed on paid leave pending an investigation.
Wasden would not give any other details of the shooting.
The boy’s father, Moises Sepulveda, was arrested and booked on charges of methamphetamine trafficking.
The Drug Enforcement Agency said that the raid was part of a nine-month investigation into methamphetamine trafficking and that 14 people were arrested Wednesday in 14 raids. Four other people were being sought.
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