Lamont Morton

How they died

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.

Why we remember them

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

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