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Marc Fogle

54 years old · died May 8, 2025 · Washington State Patrol weigh station scale house on Interstate 5 near Ridgefield, Clark County, Washington

Marc Fogle, 54, of Clackamas, Oregon, was a commercial driver who told a deputy he feared he would not be able to make a living anymore. After a crash in Vancouver on May 7, 2025, Clark County deputies took him to a Washington State Patrol scale house near Ridgefield, where he was pronounced dead shortly after midnight on May 8. The Clark County Sheriff's Office says deputy Bryson Layton stabbed Fogle several times after Fogle tried to take the deputy's gun, and the Medical Examiner lists the manner of death as homicide. Body camera footage summarized by the sheriff's office shows Fogle saying he wanted to be shot during the struggle, and the Office of Independent Investigations is reviewing the death.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff (disputed). The Clark County Medical Examiner lists the manner as homicide, and the sheriff's office says deputy Bryson Layton stabbed Fogle during a struggle over the deputy's gun; the Office of Independent Investigations is reviewing the stabbing.

Reported by: Clark County Medical Examiner (medical examiner or coroner); Clark County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); Washington State Office of Independent Investigations (outside investigators).

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