David Elwood Shurtz Jr.

How they died

Less-than-lethal force

Officers were summoned to the hotel "regarding a male subject screaming 'let me out,' and the sounds of breaking items" inside an upper-floor room. He also reportedly made statements regarding a gun. Concerned that there was another person in the room, officers entered. A confrontation ensued where the individual violently resisted being taken into custody. During the scuffle, officers handcuffed the man, who was lying on the floor when he suddenly stopped breathing. He died despite the CPR efforts administered by medical personnel.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that David Elwood Shurtz Jr., and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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