Edrick Brooks
Edrick Brooks, 26, died on December 9, 2022, while held at the Cuyahoga County Jail in Ohio, according to the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office. Cleveland 19 News reported that he was found dead in his cell, and that MetroHealth suspended two of its employees that day and opened an internal review. Signal Cleveland reported that state inspectors attributed his death to high blood pressure and heart disease and said he was left unattended in the jail's sally port. State inspectors also found that the jail failed to provide adequate medical care. Signal Cleveland's account places his death in the sally port, while Cleveland 19 places it in his cell.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (neglect alleged). State inspectors say he died of high blood pressure and heart disease after being left unattended in the jail's sally port, and that the jail failed to provide adequate medical care.
Reported by: state inspectors.