Michael L. Garbowski

Less-than-lethal force

Officers were called to a Campgaw Road home at around 10:16 p.m. by a resident who said his son was behaving erratically. When they arrived, they found the son, Michael Garbowski, locked in a bathroom. Officers heard Garbowski kicking and punching the walls inside, and he refused several commands to come out of the bathroom. Eventually, the door was forced in by Garbowski's father. Garbowski still refused to leave the bathroom, and mumbled speech that was "indiscernible." Officers eventually forced him out, handcuffed him and placed him on the floor as they waited for ambulances to arrive. While they waited, Garbowski died.