Marvin David Scott III (1994/1995 – March 14, 2021) was an
African American man who died on March 14, 2021, in
police custody at a
correctional facility in
McKinney, Texas, United States. The
Texas Ranger Division is conducting an independent
criminal investigation of the incident. Seven
law enforcement officers were placed on
administrative leave.
On April 29, 2021, the
Collin County
Collin County is located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the Dallas- Fort Worth- Arlington metropolitan statistical area, and a small portion of the city of Dallas is in the county. At the 2020 United States census, the county's popula ...
Medical Examiner ruled that the
manner of death
In many legal jurisdictions, the manner of death is a determination, typically made by the coroner, medical examiner, police, or similar officials, and recorded as a vital statistic. Within the United States and the United Kingdom, a distinc ...
in Scott's case was
homicide
Homicide occurs when a person kills another person. A homicide requires only a volitional act or omission that causes the death of another, and thus a homicide may result from accidental, reckless, or negligent acts even if there is no inten ...
.
According to the examiner, the
cause of death was "fatal
acute stress response in an individual with previously diagnosed
schizophrenia during restraint struggle with law enforcement."
References
2021 deaths
2021 United States racial unrest
Accidental deaths in Texas
Asphyxia-related deaths by law enforcement in the United States
Deaths by person in Texas
March 2021 events in the United States
McKinney, Texas
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