Nicholas Jesus Garza

Male, Unknown race

Date of the incident: 9/27/2018

Place of the incident:

Kennewick, Benton, WA
1011 W 10th Ave

A passerby found Garza in "medical distress" around 7:26 p.m. outside of Park Middle School. Police said Garza displayed "abnormal behavior," so dispatchers also sent an officer with medics. After Officer Jair Ealy-Thomas saw a knife near Garza, he ordered him to step back. When Garza didn't comply with orders, Ealy-Thomas shocked him with a Taser. Garza was taken to Trios Southridge Hospital, where he died hours later.

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