A 62-year-old man who died while he was held in the Bexar County Jail may have been the victim of a homicide on Tuesday afternoon.
The Texas Rangers are investigating a possible homicide at the Bexar County Jail . On Wednesday, the sheriff’s office said preliminary findings suggest the possibility of a homicide. The 62-year-old man who was an inmate at the jail died at 2 p.m. Tuesday, the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office said. Details surrounding his death, including how he died, were not immediately released.
As per the Sandra Bland Act, the Texas Rangers were called in to investigate the inmate’s death as an outside agency required to examine in-custody deaths. In a statement, Lt. Kenny Jay Mata of the Texas Rangers highway patrol said they are investigating an incident that occurred at the Bexar County Adult Detention Center. He said investigators are awaiting the results from the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office for a positive identification of the inmate.
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