Emmanuel Mora
Emmanuel Armando Mora, who was 37, died on August 27, 2023 while held at the Bexar County Jail in San Antonio, Texas. He was brought in the Sunday night before and went through booking at the Justice Intake and Assessment Annex, and his family says he left behind two children, a 12-year-old and an infant. The sheriff's office said a struggle with deputies, a Taser use and restraint came before he became unresponsive, and that preliminarily he suffered a medical episode worsened by preexisting substance use, with the medical examiner to determine the cause. His family has sued two deputies, alleging they restrained him face-down with his legs folded up for more than three minutes and used unnecessary lethal force. A custodial death report lists drug intoxication as the cause and homicide as the manner, and an official investigation is ongoing.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff (disputed). The family's lawsuit says deputies restrained him face-down with his legs folded for more than three minutes and used unnecessary lethal force; the sheriff's office says a medical episode worsened by substance use, and a custodial death report lists cocaine and methamphetamine intoxication with homicide as the manner.
Reported by: Bexar County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); Texas Office of the Attorney General custodial death report (outside investigators); his family's lawsuit (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: His family sued two Bexar County Sheriff's Office deputies over his death, and the case remains pending with no amount reported.