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Jesse Fred

Age : 42

Gender : Male

Race : White

Date : 07/28/2026

Location : 2529 West Campbell Avenue

City : Phoenix

County : Maricopa

State : Arizona

Agency : Phoenix Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Unknown

Event : Died from medical emergency during police detention

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

NARRATIVE:
On 07/28/2026, 42-year-old Jesse Fred died after Phoenix Police Department officers detained and handcuffed him at an apartment complex at 2529 West Campbell Avenue. Fred was incoherent, injured and experiencing an extreme medical emergency; Phoenix Fire personnel measured his body temperature at 107°F. He was transported to a hospital and died.
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At approximately 3:50 p.m., Phoenix police responded after a woman called 911 and reported that a man had broken an apartment window. The caller described the man as acting erratically. Officers located Fred near the front gate of the apartment complex, bleeding from his face and partially concealed in bushes.
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Body-camera video subsequently released by Phoenix police shows Fred appearing sluggish and largely unresponsive to officers' questions. An officer asked whether he was OK and whether he spoke Spanish, but Fred did not respond. Officers detained and handcuffed him. Police said Fred had apparently injured himself and was making incoherent statements, and officers requested Phoenix Fire personnel.
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As Fred's condition deteriorated, one officer told the others that Fred appeared to be losing consciousness. Three officers removed him from the bushes, with one carrying his legs and two supporting his upper body. They moved Fred into the shade beside a marked police vehicle while awaiting firefighters.
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Phoenix Fire personnel arrived approximately three minutes after officers moved Fred from the bushes. Paramedics determined that Fred's body temperature was 107°F and that he was in severe physical distress. Emergency personnel began aggressive cooling treatment, placing Fred in a plastic bag filled with ice and cold water in an attempt to lower his temperature.
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Fred was transported by ambulance to a hospital, where he died. The Phoenix Police Department Homicide Unit assumed responsibility for the death investigation. The Maricopa County Office of the Medical Examiner was tasked with determining the cause and manner of death.
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Phoenix police classified Fred's death as a critical incident and released an edited Critical Incident Briefing containing body-camera footage approximately two weeks later. Police said an internal investigation was also underway into the officers' actions. As of the latest material located, no officers had been charged and a final medical cause of death had not been publicly reported.
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The circumstances make Fred's death particularly easy to miss in conventional police-death searches because police did not shoot him and the initial police account characterized the incident as a death investigation involving a man suffering from self-inflicted injuries and extreme physical distress. Fred nevertheless died after officers physically detained and handcuffed him during an active police encounter.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
Phoenix Police Department has not publicly identified the officers who detained and handcuffed Fred. Body-camera footage from at least one officer was released in the department's Critical Incident Briefing. An internal investigation into the officers' actions remained underway when the briefing was released.
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SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.phoenix.gov/content/dam/phoenix/policesite/mediaadvisories/2026-media-advisories/Death%20Investigation%202500%20W%20Campbell%20Ave.pdf
https://www.azfamily.com/2026/07/29/man-dies-after-being-detained-by-phoenix-police-body-temperature-reached-107-degrees/
https://www.azfamily.com/2026/08/12/video-shows-phoenix-officers-try-save-suspect-during-heat-emergency/
https://ktar.com/arizona-news/man-dies-phoenix-police