Mark William Nelson

How they died

Deadly force

Police responded to a report of a domestic disturbance at a condominium. When they arrived, John Nelson, Mark Nelson's father, was outside the unit. The elder Nelson said his son was threatening suicide and had struck him. Three police went into a small second-floor bathroom at the condo, where Nelson was found in a bathtub, bleeding from the neck. He had two knives, wouldn't drop them, and started to come at the police, who shot and killed him.

Why we remember them

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

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