Zachary Tuggle
Zachary E. Tuggle, 20, died in July 2015 in his sixth-floor cell at the Richmond City Justice Center in Richmond, Virginia, after a medical emergency there. Medical officers were said to have arrived about 12 minutes after the emergency began. His grandmother, Mamie McCloud, said he had struggled with seizures since he was shot in 2004 and that staff could not reach him fast enough during his last seizure. The Richmond Medical Examiner's report lists the death as a homicide, attributing it to a head wound from the 2004 shooting, while the cause of death was not released in the earlier report. The family said they plan to pursue civil action.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The Richmond Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide from a head wound from a 2004 shooting, while a later report says the cause has not been released.
Reported by: Richmond Medical Examiner (medical examiner or coroner).