Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Jermaine Sonnier
Gender : Male
Age : 19
Race : Black
Date : 06/16/2021
Location : 6200 block Westward Street
City : Houston
County : Harris
State : Texas
Agency : Houston Police Department
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Overdose
Event : Died after swallowing drugs during arrest
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Officers attempted to stop a vehicle on Westward Street around 7 p.m. during a narcotics investigation when Jermaine Sonnier fled on foot. During the foot chase, officers tasered Sonnier but continued to struggle with him before successfully restraining him. Once inside a police cruiser, Sonnier told officers that he had swallowed drugs. He was transported to a hospital by ambulance, where he died while en route.
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TOTAL FATALITIES/INJURIES: 1 Fatality
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SOURCE LINKS :
https://abc13.com/drug-suspect-dead-tased-dies-hpd-custody-death-man-in/10800989/
