KENNEWICK, Wash. (AP) - A 25-year-old man died in the back of a Kennewick patrol car after he was was detained during a drug investigation, according to police.
The Tri-City Herald reports someone called Kennewick police 1:30 p.m. Tuesday after seeing a man rolling around in of vehicle, according to Kennewick police. The caller believed he had used narcotics and officers spotted him using drugs inside the car when they arrived, police said.
Officers started talking to him, handcuffed him and put him in the back of a patrol car while they investigated, police said. When officers checked on him a short time later, he was unconscious and not breathing, police said. Officers took him out of the vehicle, started CPR and administered Narcan. Police say efforts by police and members of the Kennewick Fire Department to revive the man were unsuccessful and he died at the scene.
The Regional Special Investigations Unit will handle the investigation into his death. Richland police Capt. Brigid Clary is leading the investigation.
Police said they were working to notify family members before releasing the man’s name. Police also did not name the officers who were involved in the incident.
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