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A 32-year-old man who was being escorted out of the Harris County Jail early Tuesday morning died after he was concerned in a bodily altercation with detention officers, based on the Harris County Sheriff’s Workplace.
Alexis Jovany Cardenas was being launched from the downtown Houston jail at 12:50 a.m. Tuesday and allegedly resisted detention officers as they tried to escort him to an exit door, based on a information launch from the sheriff’s workplace.
It wasn’t instantly clear Tuesday afternoon why he allegedly resisted officers or why a detention officer deployed a stun gun on the person, putting him. The sheriff’s workplace stated the stun gun was not instantly ineffective. Cardenas then allegedly compelled his means again right into a safe space of the jail the place inmates have been being processed to be launched, the sheriff’s workplace stated.
“A number of detention officers ultimately gained management over Cardenas,” based on the discharge. “As soon as management was established, they seen that Cardenas was unresponsive.”
Ten different folks have died in Harris County Jail custody this yr, together with three inmates who died inside a 48-hour span in June.
A detention officer administered CPR to Cardenas whereas medical workers responded, based on the sheriff’s workplace, which stated the person was transported to St. Joseph Hospital and pronounced lifeless simply earlier than 2 a.m. Tuesday.
The Texas Rangers are conducting an investigation into the incident. The sheriff’s workplace will launch video footage of the altercation inside 45 days, it stated.
Cardenas was arrested on Sunday by the Houston Police Division on what the sheriff’s workplace described as “municipal prices.” The police division deferred questions concerning the prices to the Metropolis of Houston Municipal Courts Division, which couldn’t instantly present details about the fees Cardenas was going through.
