The Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Office of the Attorney General announced on Friday, Jan. 23, that Jamal Thompson, 31, of Silver Spring, was the person who died after being taken into custody by Montgomery County Police on Monday, Dec. 15.
Thompson later died while in custody after suffering a medical crisis.
According to the Attorney General’s Office, Thompson was taken into custody during a response to a reported mental health episode and transported to a hospital for an emergency evaluation…