Ricardo Alfonso Cerna Video – Suicide at San Bernardino Police Station
Ricardo Alfonso Cerna committed suicide by shooting himself in the side of his head by a .45-caliber handgun while he was in the interrogation room of the San Bernardino County Sheriff in Muscoy, California. The video is unique in its own way as Ricardo Alfonso Cerna was at police station because he shot a cop twice in the abdomen (non life threatening shots) following the car chase yet the cops who apprehended him failed to do a thorough search so he was left in the interrogation room with a loaded gun.
Ricardo Alfonso Cerna immigrated to the United States from Guatemala. He was stopped on December 19, 2003 by Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Parham for a traffic violation. The idea of a traffic ticket did not appeal to him so he decided to floor the gas pedal and darted off. He was followed by the cops in a high speed pursuit, then when he had no where to go, he jumped out of the car and continued escaping on foot. As the cops were closing in on him, Ricardo Alfonso Cerna pulled out his handgun and shot Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Parham in the abdomen twice, the shots were not fatal.
What started as a silly traffic violation, resulted in involvement of three agencies – the California Highway Patrol, the county sheriff and the San Bernardino Police, the co-operation of which brought Ricardo Alfonso Cerna under arrest. In all this melee, none of the law enforcement officials made sure Ricardo Alfonso Cerna was thoroughly searched and once apprehended, he was taken to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Office – with his hand gun still behind his belt.
That’s where the video starts. The police station surveillance cameras were rolling as Ricardo Alfonso Cerna was seated inside an interrogation room. He must have asked for a glass of water as the cop who brought him in steps out and then comes back handing the suspect a bottle. Having just finished being busy with his cell phone, the cop walks out of the interrogation room, Ricardo Alfonso Cerna opens the bottle, takes a sip, pulled out the gun, clocks it and without hesitation fires a single shot to his left temple point blank. The video also contains sound so it’s all audible, including the sound of pouring blood as it starts gushing out of his skull. The cop sums it up with: “Oh Fuck!”
Check out the Ricardo Alfonso Cerna video below. The blood pours out of the bullet hole but a great deal also gushes out of his mouth and some from his ear. The video was provided to the media by the police station but was meant to be kept off limits to the public. As it goes, it did leak and is all over internet now. Ricardo Alfonso Cerna gives out a mute scream right after he committed suicide which kind of shows that a bullet to the brain hurts, but the death finds you quickly so the pain doesn’t last too long. I guess the cops can count themselves lucky that Ricardo Alfonso Cerna pointed that gun at himself right away, rather than clearing a few of them out before committing suicide.
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Nice work mark, I will get you more soon.
At 5 seconds left you can hear the blood poor. More to come guys!
holy fuck man, holy fuck :O
Ooah what no bain matter on the wall STINK!!!!!!!!!!!
I love how one cop just said, “son of a bitch…”
They’re not too freaked out; they’re just like, “oh man, not again… I thought YOU checked him!”
Damn you cant hear the blood pouring out of his head and hitting the floor. A real damn shame.
that was pretty damn sweet
“Oh, fuck”
I lol’d.
kinda funny in a twisted way. and YEAH WTF!? no brain matter on the wall? FUCK THAT! RE-DO!
What’s fascinating to me is how calm he seems when he pulls out the gun and shoots himself. I can’t imagine being that calm KILLING myself; especially over something as retarded as a traffic violation. Being caught with child porn, yes. Traffic violation, no. haha.
aww… that was awesome!
How the hell did he get all the way in the police station, while being a suspect in a police shooting, with a gun in his waist. Are u fucking kidding me. They didnt check him at all for weapons before they let him in.
This was nowhere near as bad as the Budd Dwyer suicide. I’ll give it a 5 out of 10 though, as this guy has nerves of steel and brass balls, and he smuggled a gun into a police station.
One, didn’t the police search him, and two, budd dwyer was better, and three, it took a while before the guy died, and four, oh fuck is right
someone didn’t get searched good
Note also how his right eye swells.
“Nobody Shook Him *Picks Up Keys ….We’ll Deal With This Later, Lunch??”
Why in the hell didn’t they search him for weapons. Who are these clowns the Keystone Cops?
This is defantley an oops situation…
Did he go instantley? Cause I didn’t hear the death rattle, like i heard on Budd Dwyer’s death
mmmm
The funny thing is that the guy took a sip of water before commiting suicide….why you want water? you’ll be dead anyways…lol
this guy didnt want to kill himeself. he was EXECUTED!!!,by the SHERIFF DEPARTMENT. how can you explain that he still have a gun on him???. when a suspect is being interrogated the cops supposely have to check for any weapens on him. what happened was that after he got arrested, for a traffic violation, he ran away from the policce, and shot twice to a deputy, wounded him on the abdomen. so THIS PIGS (POLICE DEPARTMENT), wanted him dead. so they hand back the gun to him. and ask him to killhimself. otherwise they would kill him some how. the poor guy got fraighten and kill himself. apparently this pigs forgot they;re promise_ to protect and serve- the community.
He thought his head was made of iron.
Capo you must have seen this before (like i did) on a website called the azlatan (bad spelling)
that whole theory is just as silly as “we didn’t really land on the moon” i’m not even going to bother disproving it
like they hypnotised him or really had the skills to convince him (and linguistics, did he speak english?!) that he HAD to kill hisself
http://aztlan.net/index.html
Does his head moved away from the slump at around 1:13-1:14? He’s sliding the the right (screen’s right) and his head seems to twitch to the left. Nerves? Still not quite dead?
something funny going on here are wee being asked to believe the bullet was not powerful enough to exit the right side of his head ? ummmm!
i saw this video on youtube. suprised to have seen it on there.
capo, are you really that much of a retard to believe the police handed a loaded gun to a man who had just shot a COP i mean i know american cops are absolute morons but come on, they just had shit training. for fuck sake police in the uk only have their truncheons and naybe pepper spray and they keep the the peace, saying that british armed response are the best in the world, for a start they actually shot the bad guy. look man i love weed as much as the next guy but you really need to lay off for a while, naybe take a pottery class or something. the reason he killed himself is probably because he didnt want deported, naybe he had people after him or he just couldnt bear the thought of prison. whatever the reason (which is not police conspiracy!!) the guy faced death with bravery and determination, i only hope when its my turn il have his resolve. imagine how good that last taste of water was for him, see you in the hot place mate and we’ll toke a few, peace.
soap bar i hope keep some for me lads
hatefigure soap bar is the crap sweeped up of the floor and mixed with all types of shit ranging from tar to fucking petrol, if you wanna toke with me its straight up amsterdam grass no exceptions and im sure the mexican guy will agree.
hahHAHAHAHHAHAHA, lol he was all like, “this water tastes like shit” BANG ..
hilarious.
a the scot aye yer bang on pal but there wiz a good bit of black in stirling a week or two ago never been to holland
“son of a bitch” “nobody shook’em?”
haha wtf the cops just pissed cuss hes gotta clean all that shit up.
With so many cops from diffferent departments involved in the chase and arrest, they all thought that somene else had checked him before putting him in a car.
I bet this video is shown to all new cops to remind them of why they have procedures to follow.
paul is an idiot this man shot and killed a deputy..it wasnt just a traffic violation…stupid dumb asshole learn ur shit before you talk shit
i think he had two guns, one confiscated on the scene and another in his belt, in all the commotion they probably were too worked up and just cuffed the guy and threw him in a squad car.
fuck ik hes gone now surely some cops got fired that was utter incompitence(feck them )
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
“oh fuck”
“I thought you checked him?”
he didn’t kill anyone, he shot a cop twice in the stomach and both shots were non-lethal.
dunno why he would kill himself, he resisted arrest and shot an officer, that’s like 10-15 years, they couldn’t have charged him with manslaughter of any kind or anything.
Oh fuck!is right. He could have just as easily shot either dumb cop in the head.
Nice Death…
Pretty clean…
his hand must be hurt to fire a .45 like that but it dosent matter anymore
Capo…really? Stupid ass.
Way to leave a mess, you got water and blood AND brain matter everywhere.
The theory that the police forced him to commit suicide is ludicrous. There’s no way to do that. What can the threaten you with? kill you? However, what may have occurred is that the police told him that the officer he shot died and that made him think he was going to jail forever. There’s no evidence of that but it makes a lot more sense.
I don’t want to condone the behavior of the police, they failed to search him properly, that means they were in danger all the time. But you have to understand that Cerna was not an innocent bystander. He was carrying a gun concealed, maybe two, he ran away to avoid a ticket and shot a police officer trying to get away. A normal person gets the ticket, a disturbed one runs away and gives up eventually. Cerna was running awawy because other things he was involved in. It seems that the police wasn’t aware of them but he knew.
An additional note on the issue of the brain splatter. Something that also applied to Bud Dwyer and Ricardo Lopez. A bullet is pushed through the barrel at a speed that’s relatively slow due to the friction of the barrel. By the time it leaves the barrel, it’s speed is still low. It rapidly gains momentum from then on without the drag of the barrel. In the suicide cases, with the barrel practically pressed against bone, the bullet cannot accelerate. The damage is extensive anyway, even at low speed the bullet carries a huge amount of energy. But if they’re shot from a distance, the bullet can achieve its full speed and momentum and go all the way through the skull.
Bad form I give him an 8.0
Does this mean we can go home now?
I don’t think that was a mute scream, I think it was just the moan as air escaped him. He might have been holding his breath before he shot. Or, you know, because after you die oxygen escapes your body, it might have been that.
Is it bad that I laughed my ass off at this video?
Also, for those of you WTFing at the lack of brain matter, that’s because it’s a 45. The 45. bullet is bigger and therefore slower, which causes the bullet when inside, in this case a human skull, it flattens out, fragments and bounces around inside the skull, destroying the brain.
And yes, I realize I know way too much about guns.
notice how he takes a drink of water, stops then takes another drink as if someone is watching him and hes buying time.then he puts the drink down pulles out the gun cocks it and shoots himself in the temple.either he had this planned out or he just did not want to live anymore.
He did a great thing for civilization by offing his own scumbag self,good,I’m glad your dead.
What a waste of water.
That officer just bought it for him.
He didn’t hesitate at all..
Love it! Oddly enough, thinking about this vid, (and also the one of the mexican gang member getting shot through the head), elevates my mood big time – expecially in bed at night, dunno why, but shit happens. Hope the dude went on to a happier, brighter place. Thanks for providing such an excellent site.
Capo- that is the dumbest thing ive ever heard.
And yes they do have to search, but apparently they didnt.
He shot if brains out to stay away from the life in prison, maybe less if the cop survived.
nice vid tho i have to say.
haha loved when the cop said “oh fuck!”
XD
lol thats san bernardino/riverside pd for you i use to live there, the hire police thrpugh a VEEEEERRRY selective special ed drop out only hiring pool.
The reason the bullet doesn’t go all the way through is because it hasn’t picked up enough speed. His right eye swells because the enormous pressure in the cranial cavity creates internal fissures.
opsguy, a bullet doesn’t gain speed after leaving the barrel of a gun. Just the opposite, it slows down. This is due to air resistance, gravity and/or when it strikes a target. Do you really think that when you throw a ball that it will speed up once it leaves your hand? Please get a fact straight before leaving a dumbass comment.
The reason the bullet didn’t exit the other side of the skull is because it was more than likely an unjacketed bullet. It was just lead without the copper casing around it. Lead is soft, and when it hit the skull the bullet deformed and became many small pieces that rattled around in his skull.
Sometimes the arresting officer overlooks the fact that you can be lying about having been searched. Especially when there are more than one responding officer. I’ve been handcuffed and put in the back seat with an 8″ carving knife still down the front of my pants. Since I was under 18 they site-released me to my sister. Riverside PD worked for me. It would’ve sucked if they gave me a gun and told me to kill myself, though.
To #31. Alexander. THIS MEXICAN AGREES. – PEACE-LOVE. AND STICKY BUD- >:{
No one shook him. lol
That…was…AWESOME!
This video makes me love stupid cops.
Thankyou for being too busy worrying about your buddie with a few wounds to even give this guy a decent pat down. It is due to your failure that i am able to enjoy my day by playing this stupid mexiacan’s suicide over and over and over.
Typical mindless police work….anyone of those officers could of been shot and killed…all because the cops failed to do there job correctly…idiots!