Gracen Coon
Age 3322 Sep 2024
Santa Fe, New Mexico (USA)
Shot
Gracen was shot and killed by police while he was experiencing a mental health crisis. His wife has filed a wrongful death suit against the police.
A widow whose husband was shot and killed by a Santa Fe police officer responding to her 911 call has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the City of Santa Fe.
Gracen Coon, a 33-year-old trans man with a history of mental illness, was shot and killed by police officer David Gallegos following a 911 call made by Coon’s wife.
Lili Gordon, 32, called 911 just before daybreak on Sept. 22, 2024, asking for “someone to come get [her] husband” because he was “having a meltdown” and she was “afraid he [was] going to hurt himself,” according to the complaint filed in county court.
Gordon requested paramedics to the dispatcher on duty at Santa Fe Regional Communications Center. She stated her husband was not violent and had no weapons but she feared he might hurt himself.
The complaint says officers took about half an hour to arrive, but minutes after they confronted Coon on his porch he lay dead in the yard outside their home in a neighborhood off San Mateo Road.
The suit, brought by Gordon and her parents, accuses police of excessive use of force, negligence and sex or gender identity discrimination, according to the lawsuit.
Gracen's killing came to light too late for is name to be included on the TDoR 2024 memorial list released by Transgender Europe (TGEU) in November 2024.
https://sfreporter.com/news/city-sued-for-wrongful-death-of-trans-man/
https://sfreporter.com/coverstories/too-soon-to-shoot/
https://ground.news/article/he-died-because-we-asked-for-help-widow-of-man-shot-by-police-sues-city
https://bsky.app/profile/feeds.trans.report/post/3lkdwphigu222
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