Springfield Police Investigate In-Custody Death

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

January 23, 2022

Springfield Police Investigate In-Custody Death

On January 22, 2022, at 8:27 p.m., Officers were dispatched to 949 S. Grant, Casey's, in reference to a check person call. Officers arrived on scene and contacted two males rummaging through the trash dumpster on the parking lot.

Officers discovered one of the men had an outstanding warrant. He was placed under arrest but immediately resisted when Officers attempted to place him in handcuffs. During the struggle, an Officer deployed their Taser, but it was ineffective. The man then produced a knife, but the Officers were able to knock it away from him.

The man escaped their grasp and ran northbound on Grant. Officers chased him on foot, caught him, and attempted a second Taser deployment, but it was ineffective. Officers continued to struggle with the man, and he attempted to pull a second knife from his waistband. Additional Officers arrived on scene to assist, and he was finally subdued and taken into custody.

Prior to being booked into the jail, the man was transported by ambulance to a local hospital to be medically cleared. While enroute to the hospital, the man stopped breathing and paramedics began CPR. However, those efforts were not successful, and he died at the hospital.

Officers are attempting to identify next of kin to notify them of his death.

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Case number: 22-2391

Media Contact: Lt. Jennifer Charleston
417-864-1422
[email protected]

Release authorized by Captain Tony Vienhage

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