Deaths in Custody
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Anthony Davidson

29 years old · died July 27, 2008 · Iredell County Detention Center, Iredell County, North Carolina

Anthony Davidson, 29, died in July 2008 after being held at the Iredell County Jail in Statesville, North Carolina. One report says officers used a Taser on him inside the jail, and another says officers shocked him at the intake center. He was taken to a hospital, where he died, and the reports differ on whether that was Saturday or Sunday night, July 26 or 27. The State Bureau of Investigation and the district attorney's office are assisting Statesville police and the Iredell County Sheriff's Office with the death, and the family says it has not been given answers.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. News reports say officers shocked him with a Taser inside the Iredell County Jail intake center, and the SBI is investigating the death.

Reported by: reporters.

News reports (2)