Mark William Nelson

Deadly force

Police responded to a report of a domestic disturbance at a condominium. When they arrived, John Nelson, Mark Nelson's father, was outside the unit. The elder Nelson said his son was threatening suicide and had struck him. Three police went into a small second-floor bathroom at the condo, where Nelson was found in a bathtub, bleeding from the neck. He had two knives, wouldn't drop them, and started to come at the police, who shot and killed him.