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Manuel Najera, Jr.

Gender : Male

Age : 43

Race : Latino/a/e

Date : 01/03/2023

Location : 5100 block of Cardiff St

City : Dallas

County : Dallas

State : Texas

Agency : Dallas PD

Officer(s) :Corey Barnes, Mario Hamilton, Rachel Rice, Ronnie Stacy

Cause of Death : Medical emergency

Event : Killed by police for “erratic behavior”

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Dallas PD received a call that someone was behaving erratically. They arrived, handcuffed Manuel Najera Jr. and placed him on a stretcher. When he was placed inside of the ambulance, he developed a medical emergency and died a short time later. It was discovered that he had suffered a cardiac arrest during arrest. BWC of the arrest is not available. No officers were charged.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2023/01/06/body-cam-footage-released-after-dallas-police-say-man-died-in-custody-after-cardiac-arrest/

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-tx-texas-death-in-custody-ambulance-january-3-2023-cardiac-arrest-cardiff-street/287-a30ac057-3e8d-460e-8c5d-6fe4b6d18a4a

https://dpdbeat.com/2023/01/06/dallas-police-investigate-death-in-custody-on-cardiff-street/