Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Oklahoma

A Black man held in an Oklahoma jail was taken from its custody by a mob and killed. The jail was responsible for his safety while he was held there, and the mob reached him inside it. He was a man who died while in the custody of the state, and his death was a lynching from custody.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

News report