Man incarcerated in Cuyahoga County Jail dies after 'medical emergency'

CLEVELAND — A man incarcerated at the Cuyahoga County Jail died in his cell on Friday evening, a county spokesperson said. 

Jennifer Ciaccia, press secretary for Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne, confirmed that corrections center staff responded to a "medical" emergency involving an incarcerated man at around 6:30 p.m. Friday. Staff found the man unresponsive on his bunk. 

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Medical staff rendered aid to the man before he was pronounced dead. 

The county executive's office did not provide any details about the man's identity.

The man's cause and manner of death will be determined via an autopsy by the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office. The man's death remains under investigation.  

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