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Hector Medrano

27 years old · died September 6, 2020 · Pima County Adult Detention Center, Pima County, Arizona

Hector Medrano, 27, was found unresponsive in his cell at the Pima County Adult Detention Complex in Tucson, Arizona, in the early morning hours of September 6, 2020. Officers, medical staff and Tucson Fire Department personnel tried to save him, and he was pronounced dead. The Pima County Sheriff's Department said the investigation was ongoing and that the cause and manner of death were pending.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

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.

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