Manuel Patrick Carter

How they died

Suicide

Officers responded to a family disturbance with a weapon. There was a loud noise at the residence named in the complaint. Officer D. Solis told a woman to leave the residence. Sergeant R. Clasen called out to Carter, then tried to reach him by cell. There was no response. With SWAT approval, Sergeant Clasen and his officers cleared the building themselves. Carter had locked himself in a bathroom and shot himself.

Why we remember them

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

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