Deaths in Custody
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Angel Frescas

22 years old · died October 28, 2014 · Maricopa County, Arizona

Angel Frescas, 22, was being held by Maricopa County sheriff's detention officers when he was taken to a hospital in central Phoenix on October 28, 2014. Sheriff's office spokesman Deputy Joaquin Enriquez said he slipped his restraints and ran, and that during a struggle over an officer's gun, a detention officer shot him in the head. He died hours later. The sheriff's office said he had planned the escape in advance, but the article reports no independent account of the shooting.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. Maricopa County sheriff's officials said a detention officer shot him in the head, and he died hours later.

Reported by: Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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