Terrell Day, Indianapolis Teen Shoplifting Suspect, Dies in Police Custody...

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http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/indianapolis-teen-shoplifting-suspect-terrell-day-dies-police-custody-n434696

Indianapolis police said they are investigating the death of a teenage shoplifting suspect who died in custody after complaining of breathing problems.

Terrell Day, 18, died in the back of a police ambulance on Saturday after twice complaining of breathing issues during his arrest, according to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department.

It said an investigation is underway and that both homicide detectives and crime-lab personnel had responded to the scene.

"All the facts and circumstances regarding this incident will not be known until the conclusion of this investigation," the department said in a statement, adding that cause of death will be determined by the coroner.

Officers responding to a report of an armed man in a Burlington Coat Factory store on Saturday afternoon learned that a male shoplifting suspected had pointed a gun at a security officer then fled, police said in a statement.

The suspect — Day — was spotted lying in a "grassy area" behind a gas station about 500 yards away "immediately surrendered" without incident, police added, saying that a handgun was recovered at the same time.

Police said that when the man told officers he was having trouble breathing, an ambulance was called. The responding EMTs assessed Day and determined he could be taken on to processing "via jail wagon," according to the statement.

Day again complained of breathing difficulties when the jail wagon arrived and a second ambulance was called but his "condition deteriorated," police said.

"Despite the best life-saving efforts by the EMS crew, the suspect died in the back of the ambulance," the statement added.

Indianapolis Emergency Medical Services chief Charles Miramonti offered "sincere condolences" in the statement. Miramonti said a "full internal investigation" has been launched but that he was "confident the highest level of response and care was provided."

An ambulance was called but gave Day the all-clear to be taken away in a jail wagon, according to the police statement. But the teenager again said he was having breathing problems and died in the back of a second ambulance once it arrived, the statement added.

Day's mother, Shanika Askew, said her son had not been suffering from any health problems or ever had asthma.

"I just want answers to why they didn't send him to the hospital when he said he was hurting the first time," Askew, told NBC station WTHR on Sunday. "Why did they leave and have to come back?"

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http://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2015/09/28/teen-impd-custody-died-heart-attack/72980944/

Teen in IMPD custody died of heart attack

The Marion County Coroner's Office has determined that 18-year-old Terrell Day died of natural causes.


The teen who died in police custody Saturday after he was arrested for shoplifting suffered a heart attack, officials said.

According to the Marion County Coroner's Office, 18-year-old Terrell Day, of Indianapolis, died of natural causes.

On Monday, an autopsy revealed his cause of death as an acute myocardial infarction, or a heart attack.

Day was arrested after officers from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and the Cumberland Police Department were called to the 10200 block of East Washington Street about 1 p.m. Saturday on a report of a man with a gun.

A loss prevention officer at the nearby Burlington Coat Factory said a shoplifter had brandished a handgun and fled the store.

Day was found by police lying in a grassy area behind a gas station at the intersection of East 10th Street and North Mitthoefer Road.

After being taken into custody, Day told officers he was having trouble breathing, police said. An ambulance was summoned, and the responding EMS crew determined that Day was OK to be transferred to jail.

When the jail wagon arrived, Day again complained of breathing problems. A second ambulance was called, but first responders were unable to save him.

Day died in the back of the ambulance, police said.

Homicide detectives and the IMPD Crime Lab are investigating.

Colin$mackabi$h

These cops are making the pope seem like a great babysitter. ..

SneakDZA

I don't see how the cops were wrong in this situation. Dude had a pistol and they took him unharmed and they called two ambulances. If anyone is at fault it was the first EMT's who said he was fine.