(UPDATE: MARCH 21)– The El Paso County Sherriff’s Office identified the 46-year-old man who died while in custody as Roel Contreras.<\/p>\n
According to the Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to the 12500 block of Campo Bello in San Elizario, Texas, for a disturbance involving a male subject reported to be acting erratically and screaming in the roadway.<\/p>\n
Officials say when deputies arrived, Contreras ran off but was shortly detained by deputies and was placed in hand cuffs due to his behavior. A spokesperson with the Sheriff’s Office did say in an update that no weapons were deployed including the use of a Taser or baton.<\/p>\n
When Contreras lost consciousness, the spokesperson said that deputies rendered aid to Contreras until EMS arrived. <\/p>\n
The El Paso County Sheriff\u2019s Office Major Crimes Unit is conducting a criminal investigation. The Texas Rangers are also conducting an independent investigation, and the Internal Affairs Division has initiated an administrative review.<\/p>\n
The Sheriff’s Office says that the three deputies involved have been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigations.<\/p>\n
SAN ELIZARIO, Texas (KVIA) — A 46-year-old man died Friday after deputies responded to a disturbance call in east El Paso County, authorities said.<\/p>\n
Just before 5 p.m., El Paso County Sheriff\u2019s Office deputies were dispatched to the 12500 block of Campo Bello in reference to a subject disturbance. When deputies arrived, the man fled and became combative, according to the sheriff\u2019s office.<\/p>\n
Deputies were able to place the individual under arrest, at which point he lost consciousness.<\/p>\n
The man was transported to a local hospital with CPR in progress, where he was later pronounced deceased.<\/p>\n
The El Paso County Sheriff\u2019s Office Major Crimes Unit, along with the Texas Rangers, have taken over the investigation.<\/p>\n
The sheriff\u2019s office said it plans to provide an update Saturday morning. Stay tuned on air and online for updates<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(UPDATE: MARCH 21)– The El Paso County Sherriff’s Office identified the 46-year-old man who died while in custody…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215169,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-215168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}