Drug Suspect Dies After Police Chase
Homicide detectives are investigating the Sunday death of a man who had struggled with El Monte police officers after a foot chase.
Scott Carrier, a coroner’s spokesman, said the identity of the 31-year-old El Monte resident was being withheld pending notification of relatives. An autopsy was scheduled.
The chase began shortly after 4 p.m., when a uniformed El Monte police officer tried to question the man “about suspicious narcotics activity,” said Police Capt. Chuck Fullington.
When it ended, Fullington said, the man “was handcuffed, sitting on the ground when officers noticed he had some difficulty breathing and called paramedics.” But before paramedics arrived, the man lost consciousness and was later pronounced dead at Greater El Monte Hospital, he said. Three El Monte officers were injured and treated at the scene.
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