Eliezer Tirado-Ortiz
Eliezer Tirado-Ortiz, 40, died on September 7, 2017, at the El Paso County Criminal Justice Center in Colorado Springs, where he was being held. According to the Colorado Springs police, deputies restrained him in a temporary holding cell. Police said his death was due to heroin and methamphetamine intoxication associated with the physical restraint. The autopsy classified the manner of death as homicide, which the pathologist said does not imply wrongdoing, and the district attorney's office decided not to prosecute any officers or medical staff.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. Colorado Springs police said the death was drug intoxication associated with physical restraint by deputies, and the autopsy ruled it a homicide.
Reported by: Colorado Springs Police Department (the agency that held him); forensic pathologist who performed the autopsy.