The King County Medical Examiner has identified the body of the man who perished in a fire after pitching a Molotov cocktail at Sheriff’s Deputies as Richard Stokey, 41.

According to the KCME, Stokey died of smoke inhalation.

Sgt. Cindi West of the King County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were investigating a vandalism complaint at a home in the 33100 block of East Lake Holm Drive on Aug. 1 when Stokey pitched the Molotov cocktail, ran to a nearby structure and barricaded himself inside.

Hit by fiery spray from the hurled Molotov cocktail, a deputy sustained minor burns to his face and neck. Doctors at Valley Medical Center in Renton treated and released the unnamed deputy later on the same day.

According to West, fire investigators said the fire that had started with the Molotov cocktail quickly spread to and engulfed the structure, and that Stokey was either unwilling or unable to escape it. Deputies’ attempts to put out the fire were unsuccessful.

Deputies initially responded to a disturbance at the house around 10 a.m. when a neighbor called because the man who lived there was “screaming at the top of his lungs.” Deputies received another call just before 1 p.m. when a neighbor called police to complain that the same man had thrown rocks at his house and then broken the windshield of his car.

Deputies said they had responded to the house many times before regarding threats, disturbances and mental health complaints.