Luis Solano
Luis Solano, 38, died at the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he was held on the psychiatric module. According to the record summarized here, officers placed him in a restraint chair, and the death was ruled a homicide from positional asphyxia. The officers involved were cleared by the district attorney, and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department later paid his family $363,000 to settle a wrongful death suit.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff (disputed). The medical examiner ruled the death a homicide from positional asphyxia after officers placed him in a restraint chair, the district attorney cleared the officers, and his family's wrongful death suit against the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department ended in a $363,000 settlement.
Reported by: the medical examiner; his family's wrongful death suit (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: His family sued in a wrongful death suit and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department paid $363,000 to settle it.