A Brooklyn man died after what police describe as a sudden medical emergency inside a holding cell at Brooklyn Central Booking on Sunday morning. Officers say 51-year-old Hector Sierra was found vomiting in his cell and that they called emergency medical services, who took him to NYU Langone Hospital Cobble Hill, where he was pronounced dead. The NYPD’s Force Investigation Division is now reviewing what happened, and the city medical examiner will determine his official cause of death.
What police say
According to Gothamist, Sierra had been picked up Saturday night near the N and W subway lines at 18th Avenue and 64th Street in Bensonhurst after an alleged fare‑evasion stop. Police told reporters he showed signs consistent with drug withdrawal while he was waiting to be arraigned and that he initially declined medical help, the outlet reported. By Sunday morning, officers found him in distress inside his holding cell, called EMS, and he was taken to the hospital, where he later died.
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