(L.A.) Chad Swanson, 35, Died in a Hospital

Case Number: 2023-13440

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 35-year-old White/Caucasian male that occurred in a hospital.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Chad Swanson.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Blunt Trauma

RIP CHAD SWANSON (April 8, 1988 – October 4, 2023)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Wednesday at 6:23 a.m.

The decedent was a Manhattan Beach officer who was killed in a crash on the 405 Freeway in Carson. He was a 13-year veteran of the Manhattan Beach Police Department.

Notably, he was in the crowd at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival in Las Vegas on Oct. 1, 2017, when a gunman opened fire from a window of the Mandalay Bay hotel.

He is survived by a wife and three sons.