Died in jail or a lockup
Deshawn Brazell
Deshawn Brazell died at the Hamilton County Jail in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on December 26, 2025. According to the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, corrections deputies found him unresponsive in his cell during an early-morning welfare check, and he was pronounced dead at a county hospital. The sheriff's office said the cause and manner of death are pending, and the death is under investigation at the request of the district attorney.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined
Reported by: Hamilton County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.