Coroner identifies inmate who died at Allen County Jail Friday

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) – The Allen County Coroner’s Office has identified the man who died while in custody at the Allen County Jail following a medical emergency on Friday morning as a 52-year-old man.

The Allen County Sheriff’s Department said confinement officers found an unresponsive inmate suffering from a medical emergency around 3:50 a.m. on Friday, April 25. The department said jail and medical personnel immediately started life-saving measures; however, the man was pronounced dead at the scene.

On Monday, the coroner identified the man as Jesse Lee Allen Jr., 52, of Fort Wayne…

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