Man who died in police custody after ‘medical episode’ identified

A antheral who died successful Metropolitan Police Department custody this week pursuing a “medical episode” astatine a southwest vale pharmacy has been identified arsenic a 50-year-old Las Vegas resident.

Reiner Sommer was declared dormant astir 2:45 p.m. Monday astatine Southern Hills Hospital, the coroner’s bureau said Thursday. His origin and mode of decease were pending.

Metro officers responded astatine 1:30 p.m. to a Walgreens astatine 6485 S. Fort Apache Road, adjacent Sunset Road, to assistance medics dealing with a antheral they said was “acting erratic” wrong a bathroom, Las Vegas constabulary Lt. Carlos Hank said astatine the time.

The antheral was combative with officers arsenic they were trying to detain him, said Hank, noting that helium “became unresponsive” aft helium was cuffed.

It wasn’t wide however agelong it was earlier Sommer was taken to the hospital, which is straight crossed from the pharmacy.

Metro’s Force Investigation Team, which probes deadly constabulary encounters, had taken implicit the investigation, Hank said.

Additional details were not instantly disposable Thursday.

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