Reno E. Casanova
Name: Reno E. Casanova
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Race: Hispanic/Latino
Date: 12/15/2020
Location: 4000 block W. 27th Ave.
Kennewick, Washington, 99337
County: Benton
Agency: Kennewick Police Department
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Less-than-lethal force
Media summary: Police responded for a welfare check. The reporting party said a man was rolling around inside a vehicle and possibly using drugs. When officers arrived, they found Reno E. Casanova allegedly using narcotics inside his vehicle. Officers arrested the man, and restrained him in handcuffs in the back seat of a patrol vehicle. When the officers returned to the patrol vehicle they found Casanova dead.
Unique ID: 29323
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