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Daniel Milton

Age : 22

Gender : Male

Race : Unknown

Date : 07/24/2021

Location : 475 Seaview Ave.

City : Staten Island

County : New York

State : New York

Agency : City of New York Police Department (NYPD)

Officer(s) :Not disclosed

Cause of Death : Asphyxiation

Event : Died after arrest

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 07/24/2021, New York City Police Department officers responded to Staten Island University Hospital after hospital staff reported that 22-year-old Daniel Milton had allegedly grabbed a female employee. Officers arrested Milton inside the hospital.
According to police, Milton became combative while in custody and was physically restrained. During the incident, hospital personnel administered medication. The circumstances surrounding the restraint were not fully disclosed by authorities. Milton subsequently went into medical distress and was pronounced dead several hours later.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined that Milton died from asphyxiation caused by restraint. The New York Attorney General's Office opened an investigation under New York's law requiring the independent investigation of deaths involving police officers.
Milton's family questioned the circumstances surrounding his death and called for greater transparency regarding the actions of police and hospital staff. As of the latest publicly available reporting, the officers involved had not been publicly identified, and no criminal charges against law enforcement officers had been publicly announced.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/25/nyregion/staten-island-death-police-asphyxiation.html
https://www.wabc.com/news/young-man-dies-after-arrest-at-staten-island-hospital
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-staten-island-man-death-police-20210724-ymfdg2mwoxd7pohjzy4stydvwi-story.html