Information about what caused the inmate to be hospitalized wasn’t immediately available.
TARRANT COUNTY, Texas — A 56-year-old inmate died at John Peter Smith Hospital’s ICU on Tuesday, according to medical examiner records.
The inmate, identified as Kelvin Lavon Brown, is the tenth person to die in the custody of Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office this year, according to WFAA’s partners at Fort Worth Star-Telegram .
Information about what caused Brown to be hospitalized wasn’t immediately available. The sheriff’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The Star-Telegram reported that Brown was arrested in May on a charge of intentionally leaving a child unattended in a vehicle.
Here are the other nine in-custody deaths reported in 2022, according to the Star-Telegram:
For more background on the nine other inmates who have died in-custody, read the Star-Telegram here.
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