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Ohio BCI Probes In-Custody Death After Brunswick Gas Station Disturbance

State investigators are leading the probe pending medical findings.

Overview

  • Officers from Brunswick and Brunswick Hills responded around 6:45 p.m. Thursday to a disturbance at the BP/Sky Mart on Pearl Road.
  • The man appeared to be in an altered state with multiple superficial lacerations and resisted before being subdued, according to the county coroner.
  • He went into cardiac arrest in the ambulance en route to the hospital, received advanced life support, and was pronounced dead at Brunswick Cleveland Clinic.
  • Authorities have not released the man's identity as the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation handles official communications.
  • The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner will conduct autopsy and toxicology, and police are reviewing store surveillance after crews cleaned and repaired the scene.