BEXAR COUNTY, Texas – Nearly a week after KSAT first reported on the death of a suspect in San Antonio police custody, the department released new details on Monday afternoon.
According to a Dec. 9 San Antonio Police Department report, officers arrested a 61-year-old man on suspicion of driving while intoxicated just before 6 p.m. on Dec. 8 near the intersection of San Pedro Avenue and West Woodlawn Avenue.
The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office told KSAT on Dec. 9 that the 61-year-old man was identified as Darryl Valadez. His cause and manner of death remain under investigation.
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New details
Following his arrest on Dec. 8, San Antonio police said Valadez, who was described as a wrong-way driver, was taken to the Bexar County Magistrate’s Office to be processed.
Nearly seven-and-a-half hours later, at approximately 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 9, Valadez was taken to the Bexar County Adult Detention Center and Bexar County Sheriff’s Office custody.
While he was taken into the jail, authorities said Valadez suffered a “medical episode.” Emergency personnel arrived at the Bexar County Adult Detention Center and transported him to a nearby hospital.
In its Monday afternoon update, SAPD said Valadez “lost pulse several times” before he was pronounced dead at the hospital at 3:39 a.m. on Dec. 9.
Last week, police told KSAT that Valadez died at the hospital at 3:14 a.m.
Request unfulfilled
On Dec. 9, KSAT Investigates asked SAPD for body-worn camera and dashboard camera video of Valadez’s arrest and the more-than-nine hours between Valadez’s arrest and his death.
As of Monday night, the department has not fulfilled KSAT’s request for video related to Valadez’s arrest.
A police spokesperson said, in part, that Monday’s update was “all we are releasing at this time.”
According to a KSAT Investigates analysis, Valadez is SAPD’s third in-custody death of the year.
SAPD said Monday that its investigation remains ongoing.
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