Marco Napoles Rosales

How they died

Less-than-lethal force

Deputies responded to a 911 call about 4:35 a.m. about a man who was behaving oddly and refused to leave the Circle K/Mobil gas station. When deputies arrived, Marco Napoles Rosales fought them off. It took at least eight deputies to restrain Rosales, police said. During the struggle, Rosales bit a deputy on the finger. A deputy tasered Rosales to no effect. Rosales was then put in The Wrap restraining device. An autopsy concluded the cause of death was sudden cardiopulmonary arrest caused by methamphetamine intoxication and exertion during the struggle with deputies. Deputies were cleared by DA, Rosales family has viled a civil suit alleging excessive force.

Why we remember them

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

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