San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Division detectives are investigating the dying of a Rancho Cucamonga man who’d been taken into custody after allegedly assaulting a deputy, authorities stated.
Deputies went to the 10100 block of Foothill Boulevard in Rancho Cucamonga at 12:22 a.m. Tuesday to test experiences of a person making an attempt to open vehicles and condo doorways. In response to the Sheriff’s Division, a person later recognized as Mohd Hijaz, 32, was discovered sitting in a bush screaming unintelligible phrases as deputies arrived on scene.
Deputies provided assist from a distance whereas calling paramedics to the location, the division stated in a information launch, however then Hijaz moved towards them and didn’t adjust to warnings to cease. As deputies used power to restrain him, Hijaz allegedly hit an officer within the face, the division stated.
Hijaz suffered an unspecified “medical emergency” in some unspecified time in the future — the division didn’t say exactly whether or not that occurred earlier than or after he was being restrained. After personnel from the Rancho Cucamonga Hearth Division and American Medical Response arrived, Hijaz was dropped at an area hospital the place he was pronounced useless.
The coroner’s workplace is conducting an post-mortem to find out a reason behind dying. The Sheriff’s Division declined to remark additional on the investigation.
Regulation enforcement officers couldn’t say whether or not Hijaz was suspected of committing a criminal offense earlier than allegedly assaulting a deputy. Nor would they are saying what number of deputies arrived on scene or whether or not the usage of power to restrain Hijaz is being scrutinized.
