Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man died at the Shelby County Jail in Tennessee on the morning of Monday, May 1, 2023. The sheriff's office said that after he had trouble breathing, corrections officers took him to the jail's medical facility, and he was then taken to Methodist University Hospital, where he was declared dead several hours later. The sheriff's office, which runs the jail, is investigating the death, and no cause or manner of death has been established.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The Shelby County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death and has not stated a cause.
Reported by: Shelby County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.