Bodycam captures the struggle before the fatal arrest of Stevie Jaurez

555 A man died after a struggle with Gilroy police, and his family is blaming officers for the death of their loved one. Officers deployed a Taser and a carotid hold while taking the man into custody because he was violently resisting and making threats, police said. Witnesses told a family member multiple officers were seen beating the man, but police said the man appeared to have suffered injuries before officers made contact with him. Family identified the man as 24-year-old Steven Juarez. Rebeca Armendariz, who said Juarez was her cousin, said he died in police custody. At about 9:55 p.m. Sunday, Gilroy officers responded to the 7400 block of Chestnut Street on a report of a suspicious person, police said. The reporting party saw an unknown male in their backyard. When officers arrived, the man fled on foot and continued to run away even after officers used directed him to surrender, police said. Eventually, he made his way onto the roof of at least two nearby homes. The suspect appeared to have been bleeding from his face, and a witness reported hearing a noise consistent with a fall before officers contacted him, police said. When police tried to take him into custody, he acted violently and resisted arrest and made threats, police said.

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