Joshua Morgan
Name: Joshua Morgan
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 04/16/2001
Location: 11500 block Southeast 176th Street
Renton, Washington, 98055
County: King
Agency: King County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Less-than-lethal force
Media summary: The father "called police after his son became violent during an extreme bipolar episode in which he armed himself with two knives. Deputies fought with Morgan who was severely delusional at the time." Family filed a wrongful death suit. King County medical examiner couldn't determine the cause of death at the time (that is when it was ruled accidental), but an expert for the family in the later trial said it was positional asphyxia.
Unique ID: 881
News article: Link
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