Tommy Young
Tommy Young, 32, died at the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center in Memphis, Tennessee, on Saturday, February 15, 2020. Corrections officers found him unresponsive in his cell around 9 p.m. The Shelby County Sheriff's Office said preliminary information indicated suicide, but the medical examiner had not determined the official cause and the investigation was ongoing. Advocates criticized the $100 bond that kept him in jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Shelby County Sheriff's Office said preliminary information indicated suicide, while the medical examiner had not yet determined the official cause.
Reported by: Shelby County Sheriff's Office (Capt. Anthony Buckner) (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.