Tarrant County jail inmate suffers medical emergency, dies at hospital: sheriff

A 63-year-old jail inmate died on Sunday at a Fort Worth hospital while he was in the custody of the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office, authorities said Tuesday.

Steven Whittley died at John Peter Smith Hospital, according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Whittley on Aug. 22 experienced a medical emergency and was reported unresponsive in his cell, according to a Sheriff’s Office statement that did not identify Whittley by name…

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