David Ray Maxwell
David Ray Maxwell, 53, died on February 14, 2019, after an altercation with a corrections officer at the Pima County jail in Tucson, Arizona, according to the Pima County Sheriff's Department. The department said he died from injuries sustained in a use-of-force encounter, and that he received life-saving measures before he died. The Arizona Daily Star reported that he was struck during the fight, and the department did not release what prompted it. The department's Criminal Investigations Division is investigating, the officer was placed on administrative leave, and the medical examiner is awaiting toxicology results to determine the cause of death.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. The Pima County Sheriff's Department says David Ray Maxwell died of injuries from a use-of-force encounter with a corrections officer at the jail, and the medical examiner is awaiting toxicology results.
Reported by: Pima County Sheriff's Department (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.