Prosecuting Attorney’s Office – 2018 incidents

The Public Integrity Team of the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office reviews investigations of officer-involved shootings and police use-of-force. Find the status of incidents sent to our office that occurred in 2018 below.

Use-of-force fatalities

Incident Date	Decedent	Involved Agency	Status
12/31/2018	Iosia Faletogo	Seattle PD	Referred to King County Executive, Declined, Inquest Complete, Post-Inquest Review
08/23/2018	Joseph Peppan	King County Sheriff's Office	Referred to King County Executive, Declined, Inquest Complete, Post-Inquest Review
07/26/2018	Jesus Hernandez-Murillo	King County Sheriff's Office	Referred to King County Executive, Declined, Inquest Complete, Post-Inquest Review
06/14/2018	Marcelo Castellano	Redmond PD	Referred to King County Executive, Declined, Inquest Complete, Post-Inquest Review
04/04/2018	Mitchell Nelson	Valley SWAT	Referred to King County Executive, Declined, Inquest Complete, Post-Inquest Review
02/19/2018	Jason Seavers	Seattle PD	Referred to King County Executive, Inquest Complete

In-custody deaths

Incident Date	Decedent	Involved Agency or Facility	Status
11/09/2018	Dennis Jackson	King County Correctional Facility - Seattle	Manner of Death: Accident, Closed
10/10/2018	Gary Hunt	King County Correctional Facility - Seattle	Manner of Death: Natural, Closed
09/05/2018	Wang Leng	Issaquah PD	Referred to King County Executive, Inquest Complete
08/17/2018	Joshua Carstens	Washington State Patrol	Referred to King County Executive, Declined
03/11/2018	Karla Gamez-Talavera	King County Correctional Facility - Seattle	Declined *
02/26/2018	Dustin Soderlund-Wysong	King County Correctional Facility - Seattle	Declined, Inquest Not Recommended
01/04/2018	Damaris Rodriguez	South Correctional Entity (SCORE Jail)	Declined *

*This investigation was reviewed after Executive Order PHL 7-1-6, which no longer requires KCPAO to make a recommendation as to whether an inquest is required by the King County Charter.

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