‘I'm a dead man': CCSO releases bodycam video of deputy stabbing DUI suspect several times

Yahoo

16-05-2025

Editor's note: The article and video contain graphic violence.
PORTLAND, Ore. () — Body camera footage showing the moments leading to a Clark County deputy stabbing a man suspected of DUI while in custody earlier this month has been released by authorities.
The Clark County Sheriff's Office released the video from the body camera worn by Deputy Bryson Layton during the on Thursday, just over a week after the death of the DUI suspect, identified by authorities earlier this week as .
The video shows some of the moments leading up to the stabbing, which can be viewed in the video player above. The Clark County Sheriff's Office has a longer, more graphic version of the video that shows the actual stabbing.
The body camera footage worn by Layton shows Layton initially arriving at the scene of a crash near Northeast 14th Court and Northeast Minnehaha Street in Vancouver that deputies responded to just before 11 p.m. on May 7. The video shows a sedan that had crashed into two parked cars, and a man, later identified as Fogle, standing outside of the crashed sedan's driver seat telling another deputy at the scene that his 'life is f—— over.'
Fogle then told deputies he didn't need medical attention and that his license showed he had a CDL license, the video shows.
When asked by a deputy how much he had drank that day, Fogle responded in the footage, 'More than I need to.'
Eventually, Fogle asked for a lawyer at the scene, after which he is placed under arrest by Layton.
Layton then took Fogle to a scale house in Ridgefield, Washington, just after 11:30 p.m., which authorities say has a room with equipment for taking 'evidential breath alcohol measurements in DUI investigations,' authorities said.
The video footage shows Fogle telling Layton 'You don't know who you're dealing with' after Layton told Fogle he could put his hands down from behind his head.
'That's true,' Layton said in the video, adding, 'Are you going to hurt me?'
'No, I'm not,' Fogle replied, the body camera footage time stamp showing it's approximately 11:40 p.m.
The video shows Fogle then put down his arms, and Layton asked if he has a specific lawyer he wanted to call. Fogle replied he does not. As the minutes pass in the video, Fogle continued to say his 'life is over' because of his CDL license and Layton responding it was not.
'I'm a dead man, you're talking to a dead man,' Fogle said just after 11:45 p.m.
'You're not a dead man, Marc,' Layton said.
Body camera footage shows at 11:56 p.m. Fogle told Layton, 'Well, I'm not making it through the night.'
After asking for the time and then replying, Layton asked Fogle, 'So are you going to kill yourself, Mark?'
'Who knows?' Fogle replied, the video shows.
A minute later, video shows Fogle telling Layton it was 'crazy' it was 'just you and me in this f—– room.'
Layton tells Fogle there are other troopers in the building, the video shows, and when Fogle replied with asking how many people were in the room, Layton asked if Fogle was threatening him.
Layton then tells Fogle to stand up and face the wall, but video shows Fogle ask 'are you sure' before putting his hands on the deputy, with a struggle ensuing after.
By 11:58 p.m., Layton radioed 'he was actively in a physical altercation with the man … Deputy Layton reported that the man had attempted to take his firearm during the altercation, and Deputy Layton stabbed him several times,' according to authorities in the narrative of the YouTube video.
The body camera footage ends after Layton radios for help and during the struggle for Layton's gun, with authorities saying Layton's body camera was disabled in the fight.
When the body camera was reactivated, it showed troopers, including Layton, responding to the scene with Fogle on the ground facing downwards as they tried to provide first aid to multiple stab wounds on his back as Fogle moaned on the ground.
A Clark-Cowlitz Fire Rescue ambulance arrived at the scene, and paramedics pronounced Fogle dead at the scene at 12:39 a.m. on May 8.
Layton is still on critical incident leave, following standard protocol.
The Clark County Sheriff's Office has about body-worn camera policies and other critical incident videos.
Investigators with the Washington State Office of Independent Investigations say Layton has been with the Clark County Sheriff's Office since May 2023.
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