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Charles Bradley Newton

31 years old · died November 22, 2021 · San Antonio Police Department jail, Bexar County, Texas

Charles Newton was 31 years old, according to San Antonio police. He was held in a holding cell at the city's detention center on Frio Street in San Antonio. Police say he had an apparent seizure while an officer was at a patrol vehicle writing a report, and that he was pronounced dead after paramedics responded. The Texas Attorney General's custodial death report gives his date of death as November 22, 2021, while the police account gives November 21, and the San Antonio Police Department said its investigation is ongoing.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The San Antonio Police Department says he suffered an apparent seizure, became unresponsive, and was pronounced dead, and says its investigation is ongoing.

Reported by: San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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