Deaths in Custody
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Shaun Greene

39 years old · died December 11, 2016 · West Valley Detention Center, San Bernardino County, California

Shaun Greene, 39, of Glendora, lost consciousness and slipped from his wheelchair while eating lunch in the medical housing unit at West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga on December 11, 2016. Deputies took him to Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Fontana, where he died about an hour later. The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said the death appears medical-related, but the cause has not been determined and an autopsy and toxicology results are pending. The death has renewed concerns raised in a pending federal lawsuit about medical care at the county's jails.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The sheriff's office says the death appears medical-related, but the cause is not yet determined and an autopsy and toxicology are pending.

Reported by: San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department (spokeswoman Jodi Miller) (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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