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TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) – The Pima County Sheriff’s Department says an investigation is underway after an inmate died while in custody.
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The PCSD says detectives responded to the Pima County Adult Detention Complex early this morning, July 17, after a male inmate was found unresponsive.
43-year-old David Villavicencio had been booked into the detention complex a few hours earlier on drug-related charges filed by the Tucson Police Department.
According to a media release, the PCSD says Villavicencio was classified as combative and placed in a restraint chair after being combative during the booking process.
During a check approximately 90 minutes later, corrections personnel found him bleeding from the mouth and unresponsive.
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He was pronounced dead a short time later.
The PCSD says Villavicencio reported he consumed alcohol heavily and used illegal drugs and had made suicidal statements.
The Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner will determine the cause and manner of death.
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