Ronnie Ledesma Jr.
Ronnie Ledesma Jr. died in August 2013 in Bakersfield, California, after an encounter with Kern County deputies who had been called to a Walgreens. The Kern County Sheriff's Office said deputies injured him during the encounter, including with a police dog and impact weapons, and that he later developed medical complications at Kern Medical Center, which the office gave as the cause of death. His family says they were not told he had been hospitalized until days later, when he was near death, and that the cause of death had not yet been determined.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined (disputed). The Kern County Sheriff's Office said he died of medical complications after injuries sustained during his arrest, while his family says the cause of death had not yet been determined and they were not told he was hospitalized until days later.
Reported by: Kern County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); his family.