The man who Corona police shot to death on Tuesday, Nov. 18, was a 31-year-old Corona parolee with convictions for felony assault and resisting arrest, Superior Court records show.

Kiavik Galarza Miranda died in the parking lot of the Applebee’s restaurant on McKinley Street after two officers fired separate volleys of shots as Miranda twice advanced on them and they retreated. A video shows Miranda, as officers fire for the second time, moving briskly toward them while holding a tire iron that witnesses said he had swung menacingly before officers arrived.

Police also said Miranda crashed his car into another, injuring that driver.

Miranda was charged with crimes in San Diego County in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2021.

In a case filed in 2021, Miranda was sentenced to eight years and eig

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