Authorities are investigating the death of a prisoner who died Sunday after being rushed to hospital from the 67 Precinct holding cells in Brooklyn, authorities said.
Google streetview
Authorities are investigating the death of a prisoner who died Sunday after being rushed to the hospital from the 67th Precinct holding cells in Brooklyn, authorities said.
According to police sources, paramedics were called to the precinct in East Flatbush just after 2 p.m. on Saturday after police claimed 54-year-old Reginald Newkirk had become ill while in the lockup. EMS rushed him to Kings County Hospital.
He remained in hospital care until Sunday when he was pronounced dead. Newkirk had been cuffed on Oct. 2 for criminal possession of a controlled substance and had been awaiting arraignment.
The death is being investigated by the NYPD’s Force Investigation Division.
Newkirk is the latest in a slew of people to die while waiting to see a judge in Brooklyn this year.
On Sept. 9 a 46-year-old man died after suffering a medical emergency inside Brooklyn central booking. On April 12, Zamiqua Miller, 33, of Dumont Avenue in Brownsville was found unconscious and unresponsive while being held for booking at 120 Schermerhorn St.
Police would not provide further information regarding the latest death.