Randall J. Carrier III
Randall J. Carrier III, 20, died on March 17, 2017, in the Twin Towers jail in Los Angeles County. A lawsuit brought by his family says he told staff he had chronic asthma and needed his inhaler, and that over several weeks he repeatedly complained he was suffocating. The suit says he did not receive the inhaler and collapsed outside his cell after an asthma attack, with status asthmaticus given as the cause of death. The county agreed to pay $4.5 million to settle the suit and admitted no wrongdoing.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (neglect alleged). His family's lawsuit says jail staff withheld his inhaler despite his repeated complaints that he was suffocating, and that he died of status asthmaticus; the county paid $4.5 million to settle without admitting wrongdoing.
Reported by: his family's lawsuit (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: His family sued Los Angeles County over his death at Twin Towers jail, and the county agreed to pay $4.5 million to settle the suit without admitting wrongdoing.