The family of David Ordaz Jr., who was shot and killed by LA County Deputies nearly four years ago, held a news conference Monday to protest a potential plea deal that did not include prison time for one of the deputies involved.

Deputy Remin Pineda He faces one count each of assault with a semiautomatic firearm and assault under color of authority in the fatal shooting of David Ordaz, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

The incident occurred on March 14, 2021 in East Los Angeles. Pineda and other deputies responded to a home after Ordaz’s sister called authorities and reported that her brother was suicidal and armed with a knife.

Responding deputies began talking to Ordaz while he was still armed, and when Ordaz stepped toward them, two deputies fired bean bag rounds at him, the DA’s office said.

It was alleged that Ordaz at one point ran towards the deputies with a knife in his hand and was shot multiple times by the deputies.

Authorities said the 34-year-old father dropped the knife, fell to the ground and lay on his back facing deputies when Pineda allegedly continued shooting at him.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

“Oh my God, how did we survive four years without David? Ordaz’s sister, Hilda Pedroza, called 911 that day to report that her brother was suicidal and had a knife.

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He now says he never thought that call would result in his brother’s death, and says he would never call authorities if he had to do it again.

Now Ordaz’s family members are concerned that the district attorney’s office may offer a plea deal for Pineda that includes only probation and no prison time. The prosecutor’s office does not comment on the issue, but family members say that they would be very angry in such a situation and demand justice.

“We’re sorry,” Ordaz’s partner, Jasmine Moreno, told KTLA’s Jacqueline Sarkissian. “It’s crazy that we’ve been dealing with this for so many years.”

Pedroza added that the family did not seek a hundred years in prison for Pineda.

“We don’t call a life a life,” he said. “We say, pay him back for what he did.”

The prosecution confirmed that a pre-trial conference on the matter was scheduled for Tuesday morning.

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