EL CAJON, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — Authorities have released the identity of the man who died after being restrained by police officers in El Cajon earlier this month, along with the names of the officers involved.
The San Diego Police Department, the agency responsible for investigating the incident, has identified the man as Qui Ly, a 52-year-old Vietnamese man from Portsmouth, VA.
On Jan. 4, Ly was seen running in traffic and yelling for help near Magnolia and West Chase avenues around 6 a.m., authorities said.
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When El Cajon police officers responded to the scene, they said Ly refused to follow their commands and laid face down on the street. Officers then handcuffed him and applied soft restraints on his ankles before calling paramedics to the scene…