2 more detainees die in NYC custody after Rikers Island inmate found dead: sources

Two more detainees died while in the custody of the city over the last week — adding to an alarming trend that also saw a Rikers Island inmate found dead, cops and sources said.

Musa Cetin, 29 – a pedicab driver in custody for operating without a license, according to online court records – was discovered unconscious and unresponsive inside a cell at the Midtown South NYPD headquarters on West 35th Street near Ninth Avenue at 8:33 p.m. Friday, cops said.

He appeared to have hanged himself with a jacket, law enforcement sources said.

Just 14 minutes earlier, at 8:19 p.m., precinct cops had checked on Cetin as part of their “standard checks” but found nothing amiss, the sources said…

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