Overview

• He arrived at the 208th District Court to accept a 35-year plea for the 2023 killing of his wife and suffered a medical emergency shortly afterward.
• A court bailiff administered naloxone before EMS transported him to Ben Taub Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:05 a.m., according to the district attorney’s office.
• Precinct 1 Constable Alan Rosen said preliminary information indicated he ingested drugs while awaiting sentencing, though the cause of death remains undetermined.
• The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences will conduct the autopsy as investigators continue reviewing the circumstances of the in-court medical emergency.
• Court records show his bond was revoked Friday and he was remanded, following a case that began with a 911 call, a gunshot heard on the line, a five-hour standoff, and the couple’s 3-year-old found unhurt.