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Parents Sue Police Over Son's Suicide
6 May
Summary
- Parents seek $1 million from Mesa city following son's suicide.
- Son sent text messages indicating suicidal intent before his death.
- Police responded but did not enter the motel room for a wellness check.
The parents of Brandon Moore, a 34-year-old man, are seeking $1 million in damages from the city of Mesa. They claim Mesa Police did not adequately act to prevent their son's suicide on September 30 of last year. Moore had sent his parents text messages indicating he was going to sleep permanently, prompting his father to call the police.
Officers responded to Moore's motel but informed his father that their son seemed fine and refused help, stating no exigent circumstances existed to enter the room. The parents' desperate pleas for officers to intervene or take him into custody were reportedly unsuccessful. Moore was later found deceased the following morning.
Mesa Police stated that the city contracts behavioral health services and that officers receive crisis intervention training. Moore's parents described their son as struggling with severe anxiety and depression for years, enduring multiple suicide attempts while seeking treatment. They mourn his loss, attributing it to alleged negligence.
