On 3/31/2026 at 1934 hours, St. Paul Police responded to 1035 Arkwright for a report of a suicide in progress. The caller reported that he had stabbed himself and still had the knife. Upon arrival, Mark Edward WILLIAMS Jr [DOB REDACTED] exited the residence. He was holding a jacket and other items and was bleeding from his left arm. WILLIAMS was immediately verbally aggressive. Officers saw a puncture wound on his left forearm and explained to WILLIAMS that he did not need to talk to them, but they needed to check him for weapons before medics could assist him.
When police tried to pat him down for weapons, WILLIAMS became combative and physically resisted. Even after he was handcuffed, WILLIAMS was uncooperative and yelled at officers; saying "I'm gonna call ICE on you” and I'm gonna spit on you bitch". WILLIAMS called one officer a "cracker and white bitch," said he did not want a Mexican "wetback" to touch him, and threatened to spit on officers. Once WILLIAMS was on a stretcher, he yelled, "don't touch me bitch," looked directly at an officer, and spit a mix of saliva and blood directly on the officer’s ear, head, neck, and sleeve.
WILLIAMS was transported to Region's for evaluation. While in the ambulance, WILLIAMS said he had mental, disorder. He also confirmed that the blood on him was from him cutting himself, admitted to trying to "wiggle away" from officers, and admitted that he spit on "one of the officers." While at Regions, WILLIAMS said he hurts himself every day, wants to kill himself, and would try to kill himself at a later time. He also said that he was HIV positive. After being treated for his injuries, WILLIAMS was booked at the LEC.
