Community
Inmate Death
Nature of Incident: | Inmate Death | ||||
Report Number: | 21-83714 | ||||
Location: | Pre-Trial Detention Facility (PTDF); 800 S. Victoria Ave. Ventura, Ca. | ||||
Date & Time: | 6/26/21 @ 1:07 AM | ||||
Unit(s) Responsible: | Sheriff’s Major Crimes Bureau PTDF Classification Unit PTDF Legal Unit |
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(S)uspects, (V)ictims, (P)arty, (D)ecedent |
City of Residence |
Age | |||
(D) Hernandez, David Baca | Oxnard | 40 | |||
Narrative: | |||||
On 6/26/21, at approximately 1:07 AM, Mr. David Hernandez was inside his cell when he suffered a medical emergency and became unresponsive. Deputies and jail medical staff immediately rendered emergency aid until Ventura City Fire personnel and AMR paramedics arrived and took over life-saving efforts. Life-saving measures proved unsuccessful and Mr. Hernandez was pronounced deceased at the jail. The cause of death is under investigation by the Sheriff’s Major Crimes Bureau, pending autopsy results from the Ventura County Medical Examiner’s Office. As a matter of policy, the Sheriff’s Major Crimes Bureau investigates all inmate deaths. |
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Prepared by: | Senior Deputy Corey Stump | ||||
News Release Date: | 6/28/21 | ||||
Media Follow-Up Contact: | Sergeant Tim Lohman (805) 947-8255 [email protected] |
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Approved by: Booking Photo Release: |
Captain Alan Hartkop YES NO |
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Address/Location
Ventura County Sheriff's Office
800 S Victoria Ave
Ventura, CA 93003
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 805-654-9511