SAN ANTONIO — An investigation is underway after a man died while in police custody Thursday night, authorities said.
San Antonio police responded to a call for an assault in progress around 8:30 p.m. on the 5100 block of S. Flores Street.
The caller told police a man was acting erratically and running around a store in his underwear.
Police said witnesses tried to get the man to calm down but were unsuccessful. When an officer arrived they approached the man and struggled with him before promptly placing him in handcuffs.
While the man was detained, police said his body went limp and the officer immediately uncuffed the man and attempted life-saving measures including the use of Narcan.
Paramedics, who were dispatched for a call involving a possible overdose, arrived and continued life-saving measures. But the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Bexar County Medical Examiner identified the man as 45-year-old Amadeo Danis Garcia Deleon. The medical examiner will conduct a death investigation to determine a cause of death.
Meanwhile, police said the officer was not injured and they will remain on administrative duty while the investigation continues into what happened.
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