El Paso police bodycam video reveals deadly I-10 arrest

[ad_1] A newly-released El Paso police physique digicam video reveals a wrestle rapidly intensifying, ending within the dying of a person on Interstate 10.

Xavier Guadalupe Hernandez, 30, was on the aspect of a busy I-10 freeway, apparently threatening to leap over the ledge above the Yarbrough Drive overpass, when an officer arrived on July 13 on the East Aspect, in response to an EPPD video of the incident launched on Monday, Aug. 18.

Hernandez's dying was deemed a murder by the El Paso County Medical Examiner's Workplace. An post-mortem report said his dying was attributable to "asphyxia as a result of chest compression throughout legislation enforcement subdual and restrain" with cocaine toxicity as a "vital contributing situation."

<img alt="An image from a body camera video shows as an El Paso police officer points a Taser at Xavier Guadalupe Hernandez, 30, as he kneels on the asphalt on the shoulder of Interstate 10 during a struggle ending with Hernandez's death on July 13, 2025, in El Paso, Texas." loading="lazy" width="960" height="770" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="rounded-lg" style="color:transparent" src="https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/wIeIu9q6W.mzkEPlGbhNWg--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTc3MDtjZj13ZWJw/https://media.zenfs.com/en/the-el-paso-times/c93a1eac5b7719bc05c59ddd16a132ae"/> A picture from a physique digicam video reveals as an El Paso police officer factors a Taser at Xavier Guadalupe Hernandez, 30, as he kneels on the asphalt on the shoulder of Interstate 10 throughout a wrestle ending with Hernandez's dying on July 13, 2025, in El Paso, Texas.

Three separate investigations by the El Paso Police Division's Crimes In opposition to Individuals Unit, Inside Affairs and the Texas Rangers of the Texas Division of Public Security proceed wanting into the dying, police spokesman Sgt. Robert Gomez stated Monday within the 11-minute EPPD video, together with physique digicam video.

"Conclusions on whether or not the officer's actions are in line with the legislation and division coverage is not going to be made till all details are recognized and the investigation is full," Gomez stated on the video assertion.

The names of the officers concerned haven't been disclosed.

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The physique digicam video begins at 10:13 a.m., displaying a police officer driving as much as the median after which seeing Hernandez on the opposite aspect of 4 freeway lanes of site visitors on the sting of the overpass.

Hernandez is carrying a sweaty blue T-shirt and grey shorts. He has no sneakers on, solely black socks and seems agitated.

"Somebody name 911, please," he repeatedly yells because the officer walks as much as him. The officer tells him that assistance is right here, in response to the video.

'Officer, what's your badge quantity?' The video reveals the officer telling Hernandez to sit down down, however the state of affairs intensifies when the officer makes an attempt to seize Hernandez by his arms and Hernandez pulls away.

"Officer, what's your badge quantity?" Hernandez repeatedly begins yelling.

"Get the (expletive) down or I will tase you," the officer yells, drawing his yellow Taser electrical stun gun as Hernandez will get on his knees, his arms on the highest of his head, the video reveals.

The officer orders Hernandez to lie down. He would not and the officer deploys the Taser as Hernandez yells, persevering with to repeatedly say "Officer, what's your badge quantity?"

The primary Taser shot is on the 10:14:51 timestamp on the physique digicam video. There are repeated Taser shocks as a wrestle continues with Hernandez nonetheless on the bottom. "Get the (expletive) down!," the officer yells on the video.

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Physique digicam time 10:15:51: A person in a black T-shirt and black baseball cap runs as much as assist the officer wrestle Hernandez, who's on his again, enamel clenched and refusing to roll over onto his abdomen. "Roll over (expletive)," the officer orders.

"Officer, what's your badge quantity?" Hernandez retains repeating in between screams earlier than the officer and two different males are in a position to pin him down on the asphalt, the video reveals. The officer by no means tells Hernandez his badge quantity.

Ultimately, different cops arrive and Hernandez is held down on the shoulder of the freeway.

"Assist me," Hernandez seems to say as he's held down as cops focus on getting shackles to move him in an ambulance. "Sit back," somebody tells Hernandez, who has develop into quiet.

Physique digicam time 10:27:23: A police sergeant is holding Hernandez facedown with one other officer at his legs. Hernandez, by that point, is handcuffed behind his again.

<img alt="Xavier Guadalupe Hernandez, 30, of El Paso, died in what an autopsy deemed a homicide from asphyxia due to chest compression during a struggle with El Paso police officers on the Interstate 10 freeway in El Paso, Texas, on July 13, 2025." loading="lazy" width="960" height="827" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="rounded-lg" style="color:transparent" src="https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/CZziIh31W.Gi_aNrXS_LBw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTgyNztjZj13ZWJw/https://media.zenfs.com/en/the-el-paso-times/5fbf404036cf46b8c5b548585e993ca8"/> Xavier Guadalupe Hernandez, 30, of El Paso, died in what an post-mortem deemed a murder from asphyxia as a result of chest compression throughout a wrestle with El Paso cops on the Interstate 10 freeway in El Paso, Texas, on July 13, 2025.

"He is not respiration, man," an officer stated on the video after one other officer seen that Hernandez was not respiration and he was rolled over. A police officer begins CPR, which is then continued by a paramedic already on the scene.