Philadelphia Police: Man Dies In Police Custody

Kimberly Davis reports.

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TONIGHTPHILADELPHIA POLICE AREINVESTIGATING HOW A MAN DIED INTHEIR CUSTODY IN LOGAN.EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTERKIMBERLY DAVIS JOINS US FROMPOLICE HEADQUARTERS.KIMBERLY?Reporter: UKEE, THE NEWPOLICE COMMISSIONER IS ALREADYGETTING IN FRONT OF THISINCIDENT.SHE TELLS EYEWITNESS NEWS THEPOLICE DEPARTMENT PLANS ON BEINGVERY TRANSPARENT ABOUT THISINVESTIGATION AS THEY LOOK INTOWHAT CAUSED THIS MAN'S DEATH.THERE WAS SOMEBODY ON THEGROUND.AND IT WAS QUITE CROWDED.Reporter: MULTIPLE PEOPLEWERE AROUND AS A RITE AIDPHARMACIST WORKED TO SAVE A 28YEAR OLD MAN'S LIFE IN THE LOGANSECTION OF PHILADELPHIA.ONE MAN, WHO ASKED NOT TO BE ONCAMERA, DESCRIBED WHAT HE SAWONCE FIRST RESPONDERS ARRIVED ONSCENE.HE LOOKED LIKE HE WAS DYINGWHEN I LOOKED IN THE CAR ANDSEEN.THEN I WENT IN THE STORE AND ICAME BACK OUT, HE WAS LYING FLATON THE GROUND AND THE COPS WASTHERE TRYING TO HELP HIM.Reporter: PHILADELPHIA POLICERESPONDED TO THE 4600 BLOCK OFNORTH BROAD STREET JUST AFTER5:15 WEDNESDAY NIGHT.BEFORE THEIR RIVAL, A RITE AIDPHARMACIST ADMINISTERED NARCANTO THE SHIRTLESS MAN.WITNESSES SAY THE MAN BECAMEAGGRESSIVE WHEN HE CAME TO.I WAS LIKE, WHY IS HE SPEWINGWHEN EVERYBODY TRYING TO HELPHIM.POLICE SAY THE MAN STARTED TOTHROW HIS BODY INTO CARS AND ONTHE STREET.WE'RE TOLD THE POLICE NEEDED TOHANDCUFF THE MAN FOR SAFETYPURPOSES AND THAT'S WHEN A 31YEAR OLD OFFICER PUNCHED THE MANIN THE FACE.HE WAS PLACED INTO A FIREDEPARTMENT MEDIC UNIT WHERE HEBECAME UNRESPONSIVE.POLICE SAY HE WAS PRONOUNCEDDEAD AT ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICALCENTER.PEOPLE WHO COME OUT OF ANOVERDOSE VIA NARCAN CANSOMETIMES BECOME VIOLENT.PHILADELPHIA POLICECOMMISSIONER DANIELLE OUTLAWRELEASED A STATEMENT ADDRESSINGTHE POLICE INVOLVED DEATHTHURSDAY NIGHT READING IN PART,WE WILL CONDUCT A THOROUGH,COMPLETE AND OBJECTIVEINVESTIGATION.AT PRESENT, BECAUSE THEENCOUNTER INVOLVED ANAPPLICATION OF FORCE, THEINVOLVED OFFICER HAS BEEN PLACEDIN ADMINISTRATIVE DUTY STATUS ASTHE INVESTIGATION PROCEEDS.RITE AID IS NOT COMMENTING ONTHE INVESTIGATION, BUT ASPOKESPERSON TELLS US IT IS NOTAGAINST RITE AID'S PROTOCOL FORITS EMPLOYEES TO USE NARCAN ONSOMEONE WHO IS SUFFERING FROM ANOVERDOSE ON THEIR PROPERTY.AS FAR AS THE MAN'S IDENTITY,POLICE HAVE NOT RELEASED THATINFORMATION.WE'RE LIVE OUTSIDE OF POLICE