Child Star Mark Everett, Real Name Manuel Benitez, Killed by Police

Manuel Benitez, who had been a child actor who went by the name Mark Everett, was shot and killed by police in a 2-hour standoff near Los Angeles. Benitez was killed after holding his 7-year-old son Benjamin hostage in a restaurant.

The 38-year-old was featured on America’s Most Wanted earlier this year. Authorities named him a suspect in the 2004 murder of his girlfriend and Benjamin’s mother Stephanie Spears. He beat Spears to death with a dumbbell and took their son.

Wednesday’s standoff with police began when an officer noticed a man take a boy off a sidewalk and go into the Chineses restaurant. Benitez refused to listen to the officer’s orders to stop. He barricaded himself and the child inside.

Police exchanged gunfire with Benitez, who was carrying two handguns, before throwing a flash grenade inside and fatally shooting him. Benjamin suffered a gunshot wound to the thigh. He is expected to survive.

Benitez also went by the names Mike Evers and Manuel Velasco. As a child, he acted under the name Mark Everett. He had small parts in TV shows including ‘Highway to Heaven’ and ‘Trapper John, MD.’ He appeared in movies like ‘Pee Wee’s Big Adventure’ and ‘Stand and Deliver.’

Authorities are now looking for Benitez’s mother, Elizabeth Velasco, who may have been traveling with him.

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