Lamont Morton

Deadly force

Police were called to the home of Tracy Morton for a report of a stabbing. According to police, Tracy Morton's 19-year-old nephew, Lamont Morton, had stabbed the father of one of her children, William Custis, in the shoulder with a steak knife during a fight. When police arrived, they found Lamont Morton naked, holding a knife and wandering the neighborhood. A female officer confronted Morton and fired her weapon at him when he charged toward her. Morton and the officer got into a fight, and he was able to get control of her weapon, though it was unclear whether he fired it. A second officer on the scene then shot Morton several times, killing him, and possibly wounding the female officer.