CLEVELAND — An inmate has died after having a medical emergency at the Cuyahoga County Jail.
Officials with the city of Cleveland tell 3News that on Tuesday, Sept. 12, corrections and in-house medical staff provided aid to the man while he experienced a medical emergency. After being transported by EMS to MetroHealth Medical Center, the man was admitted to the hospital.
As a result of the man's need for medical aid, members of the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Department arranged through Cleveland Municipal Court and Cuyahoga County Common Pleas for the man to be released from custody.
Officials say that later that day, the inmate, who has since been identified as 53-year-old Elving Lopez of Cleveland, was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Lopez's cause of death will be determined by the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office.
