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Prosecuting Attorney’s Office – 2021 incidents

The Public Integrity Team of the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office reviews officer-involved shootings, police use-of-force investigations and other incidents referred by law enforcement. Find the status of investigations sent to our office that occurred in 2021 below.

Use-of-force fatalities

Incident Date Decedent Involved Agency Status
2/9/2021 Gregory Taylor Seattle PD Declined*
2/16/2021 Derek Hayden Seattle PD Referred to King County Executive, Declined
8/5/2021 Isaiah Hinds Seattle PD Referred to King County Executive, Declined
11/08/2021 Alexander Whittal Renton PD Referred to King County Executive, Declined
11/16/2021 Cody Rebischke Snoqualmie PD Referred to King County Executive, Declined, Inquest Complete
12/27/2021 Sorin Ardelean Valley SWAT Declined*

In-custody deaths

Incident Date Decedent Involved Agency or Facility Status
10/19/2021 Dustin Rand King County Correctional Facility - Seattle Declined, Inquest Not Recommended
11/3/2021 Billy Sterling King County Correctional Facility - Seattle Declined, Inquest Not Recommended
12/19/2021 Devion Mathis King County Correctional Facility - Seattle Manner of Death: Suicide**, Closed*

Use-of-force non-fatalities

Incident Date Subject Involved Agency Status
3/23/2021 Joaquin Delgado Kent PD Declined
5/10/2021 Gustavo Rojo-Melendrez Kent PD Declined
6/30/2021 Humberto Flores Serna Seattle PD Investigation Received, Pending KCPAO Review
7/6/2021 Paramjit Singh Federal Way PD Declined
9/20/2021 Jason Miller-Brown Federal Way PD Declined
10/16/2021 John Trotter Medina PD Declined
10/27/2021 Francisco Rodriguez U.S. Marshal's Violent Offender Task Force Declined
11/21/2021 Kevin Wiggins Des Moines PD 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.

 

**Prior to February 5, 2025, the KCPAO was mandated by executive order to review all in-custody death investigations for their completeness and to make a recommendation to the Executive whether the King County Charter required an inquest. (See. EO PHL 7-1-5 §7.1). As a result, the KCPAO reviewed all in-custody deaths, including deaths by suicide, accident and natural causes. Executive Order PHL 7-1-6, issued on February 5, 2025, removed this requirement. As a result, going forward, the KCPAO will only review in-custody death investigations that law enforcement refers to our office where physical force was used on the inmate by law enforcement or other circumstances where criminal liability may attach. This also applies to in-custody death investigations that pre-date the executive order but had not been referred to inquest.

 

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