{"id":9532,"date":"2025-10-20T16:11:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T16:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/9532\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T16:11:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T16:11:11","slug":"ex-buccaneers-running-back-doug-martin-died-after-brief-struggle-with-police-during-break-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/9532\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Buccaneers running back Doug Martin died after \u2018brief struggle\u2019 with police during break-in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Details are emerging regarding the shocking death of former Buccaneers running back Doug Martin, with the East Bay Times reporting his passing came while in police custody.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/19\/sports\/doug-martin-former-buccaneers-running-back-dead-at-36\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Martin passed away on Saturday morning<\/a> at the age of 36 after police were responding to a 4:15 a.m. ET home break-in in Oakland, Calif. allegedly involving Martin.<\/p>\n<p>Martin was reportedly already having a \u201cmedical emergency\u201d and then a \u201cbrief struggle\u201d ensued.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.39130435;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37431072\" width=\"821\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/doug-martinn.jpg\" alt=\"Doug Martin running with the football.\" class=\"wp-image-37431072\"  \/>Doug Martin passed away at the age of 36.  AP<\/p>\n<p>The former Buccaneers and Raiders star allegedly resisted arrest when police attempted to detain him, became unresponsive and was transported to a hospital, where he later died, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/news\/ex-nfl-star-doug-martin-identified-suspect-who-died-oakland-police-custody?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Oakland\u2019s local Fox affiliate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Police did not specifiy why they detained Martin and it was unclear what the \u201cmedical emergency\u201d was. <\/p>\n<p>After he became unresponsive, paramedics arrived and he was taken to a hospital. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is with great sadness to inform you all that Doug Martin passed away Saturday morning,\u201d the family said in a statement. \u201dCause of death is currently unconfirmed.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Martin\u2019s cause of death is still under investigation by multiple law enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n<p>The officers involved in the incident were put on administrative leave, as is protocol.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.62890625;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37431075\" width=\"371\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/doug-martin.jpg\" alt=\"Doug Martin wearing his Tampa Bay Buccaneers uniform.\" class=\"wp-image-37431075\"  \/>Martin died after a struggle with the police. AP<\/p>\n<p>Martin was selected No. 31 overall by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 2012 NFL Draft and ran for 5,356 yards in his seven-year career.<\/p>\n<p>Martin played six of his seven seasons in Tampa before finishing his career with the Raiders, who played in his hometown of Oakland at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are deeply saddened to learn of the sudden and unexpected passing of Doug Martin,\u201d the Buccaneers said in a statement. \u201cFrom his record-setting rookie season in 2012 to his multiple Pro Bowl selections during his six seasons as a Buccaneer, Doug made a lasting impact on our franchise.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Details are emerging regarding the shocking death of former Buccaneers running back Doug Martin, with the East Bay&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9533,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,22,319,2249],"class_list":{"0":"post-9532","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-headlines","10":"tag-new-york-news","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}