Fatal Encounters

A step toward creating an impartial, comprehensive and searchable national database of people killed during interactions with police

Raymond Curtis Runge

Name: Raymond Curtis Runge
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 08/25/2013
Location: Costa Mesa Freeway and E Dyer Street
Santa Ana, California, 92705
County: Orange
Agency: Santa Ana Police Department
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Less-than-lethal force
Media summary: Raymond Curtis Runge stopped breathing and died after police used a carotid hold, two hobble restraining devices and their body weight to restrain him while he struggled with officers Chris Shynn, Cory Slayton, Danny Alcala, Joshua Gripentrog, Jim Correal, Bob Guidry Cpl. Gonzalo Garcia and Sgt. Gil Hernandez. An autopsy found Runge had severe heart and liver disease and died from methamphetamine intoxication.
Unique ID: 13314

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