{"id":105714,"date":"2025-12-31T02:19:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T02:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/105714\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T02:19:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T02:19:29","slug":"81-year-old-in-custody-at-harris-county-jail-dies-after-medical-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/105714\/","title":{"rendered":"81-year-old in custody at Harris County Jail dies after medical emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Harris County Jail (Copyright 2023 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">HOUSTON \u2013 The Harris County Sheriff\u2019s Office says an 81-year-old in custody at the Harris County Jail died after suffering a medical emergency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Phillip Shumate, 81, was booked into jail on September 11 on a charge of aggravated assault of a family member. He suffered a medical emergency at the jail on December 22 and was taken to LBJ Hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Authorities say Shumate was pronounced dead at 5:28 a.m. on December 25.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cThe Houston Police Department is investigating the death in accordance with a state law that requires all jail deaths to be investigated by an outside law enforcement agency. The Sheriff\u2019s Office Internal Affairs Division is also investigating to determine whether all applicable policies and procedures were followed, which is standard following the death of a person in jail\u201a\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">An autopsy will be conducted to determine Shumate\u2019s cause of death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 nALdY copyright\">Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the Author<a class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__LinkBase-sc-1fnzlkn-9 eUojqd gMnWPT\" href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/team\/JB2Q1RZ712JI7KLO0BEWWLE7PS\/\" title=\"View Christian Terry&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Christian Terry<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 gnunoy bOlrXa\">Christian Terry covered digital news in Tyler and Wichita Falls before returning to the Houston area where he grew up. 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