SAN ANTONIO — Update: On Wednesday, BCSO said Held gained entry to a utility closet for cleaning supplies within his unit. An investigation is underway to find out how he got into the closet.
An inmate in the Bexar County Detention Center is dead after committing suicide Wednesday night, according to the Bexar County Sheriff's Office.
BCSO said 30-year-old Evan Held was discovered unresponsive inside his living unit while trying to commit suicide.
Emergency personnel arrived and performed life-saving measures but Held was pronounced dead shortly before 10 p.m., BCSO said.
The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division, Internal Affairs and the Public Integrity Unit are conducting an investigation into the death of Held, per standard procedure.
Held was originally booked in the Bexar County Detention Center on charges of murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, theft and evading arrest.