Shoplifting suspect dies in Indianapolis police custody
Source: AP
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Indianapolis police say they are investigating the death of a shoplifting suspect who complained of breathing problems.
The man died in the back of an ambulance Saturday afternoon after being arrested by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and Cumberland Police Department, the IMPD said in a news release.
The man told officers he was having trouble breathing, and an ambulance was summoned. The medical crew assessed the man and determined he could be transported to the city's Arrestee Processing Center, but while in the back of a jail wagon, the man again complained of breathing problems.
A second ambulance was called, but the man's condition quickly deteriorated and he died despite attempts to save his life, police said.
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secondwind
(16,903 posts)yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)Stress is a huge killer in our country.
LiberalArkie
(15,735 posts)any air in if I was on the ground and had my arms pulled behind me. If that first ambulance medic had listened to his heart he would have heard it racing, if he had checked his blood pressure it would have been sky high.
virgogal
(10,178 posts)fredamae
(4,458 posts)taken into custody in the first place? Ticket-court summons - fines.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)In the 50's they may have called parents or dealt with adults different. Even the woman on one of the housewives show was put in handcuffs and put in jail.
Crabby Appleton
(5,231 posts)caraher
(6,279 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)Contrary1
(12,629 posts)The local news reported today that autopsy results indicate that he had a heart attack. So young...I wonder if he had an undiagnosed condition.