Thahn Nguyen

How they died

Less-than-lethal force

Grand Prairie P.D. 911 received a call from Mike Bice reporting a disturbance at the Towns of Riverside apartments. Bice advised the 911 call taker there was a man (later identified as 34 year old Thanh Nguyen) running around in his boxers, yelling for help. While officers were en route to that call, Bice told the call taker that Nguyen was on the back side of an apartment and appeared to be trying to break into an apartment. Bice told the call taker that it looked to him as if Nguyen was on drugs. When Officers Olivere and Blessing came into contact with Nguyen they placed Nguyen in handcuffs while waiting on the arrival of EMS. He continued to struggle. The medics arrived and began attending to Nguyen. Suddenly Nguyen stopped breathing. Medics began to perform CPR on Nguyen. EMS then transported Nguyen to the Arlington Memorial Hospital in full cardiac arrest. Nguyen was pronounced dead at Arlington Memorial Hospital. Dr. White advised Sergeant Alan Patton that Nguyen was "loaded with a massive amount of raw cocaine."

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Thahn Nguyen, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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