Overview
- Oakland police say officers responding around 4:15 a.m. to a reported break-in encountered Martin, and after a brief struggle during detention he became unresponsive and was taken by paramedics to a hospital where he died.
- Consistent with department policy, the case is being investigated by OPD’s Homicide Section and Internal Affairs, the Oakland Police Commission, the Community Police Review Agency, and the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office.
- Officers involved have been placed on paid administrative leave, and no further tactical details of the encounter have been released by police.
- The Alameda County Coroner is conducting an autopsy with toxicology testing, and the official cause of death has not been determined.
- Martin’s family and representation said he had been struggling with mental-health challenges; his parents had sought help from authorities before he left home and entered a neighbor’s residence two doors away.