Jason Jesus Gomez
Jason Jesus Gomez was a 35-year-old construction worker from Anaheim and the father of a 1-year-old daughter. According to the family, he was injured in a violent altercation with Orange County sheriff's deputies at the Intake and Release Center on March 25, 2008, and deputies used a Taser to restrain him. He was in a coma and died on April 1, 2008 at Western Medical Center-Santa Ana after his family chose to remove him from life support. His brother, John Caresio, says the family was kept in the dark about how he was hurt, and the District Attorney's Office and an independent jail watchdog are investigating.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. His brother, John Caresio, says deputies injured him in a violent altercation at the county jail, where they used a Taser to restrain him, leaving him brain dead.
Reported by: brother John Caresio (family or their lawyers).