Bexar County inmate dies after struggling medical episode, BCSO says

SAN ANTONIO – An inmate on the Bexar County Adult Detention Center died after struggling a medical episode on the jail on Monday morning, in keeping with the sheriff’s workplace.

A deputy discovered Dimitri Sandoval Lira, 38, unresponsive in his cell round 8:40 a.m., the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office mentioned in a information launch.

The deputy carried out life-saving measures till extra medical employees arrived. First responders supplied help, however BCSO mentioned Lira was later pronounced useless at 8:58 a.m.

The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office has but to find out Lira’s trigger and method of dying. However, BCSO mentioned they imagine preexisting well being situations might have worsened the medical episode Lira skilled.

Lira was booked into the Bexar County jail on July 31 on an assault of a household or family member cost, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned within the launch.

The Bexar County Precinct 2 Constable’s Office is dealing with the investigation, whereas BCSO’s Internal Affairs Unit is conducting an administrative overview.

According to a KSAT Investigates evaluation, Lira is the ninth individual — and the fifth inmate in lower than three months — who has died on the Bexar County jail since Jan. 1, 2025.

The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) has been notified of Lira’s dying. In late July, the Bexar County jail was deemed out of compliance with the fee.

However, on Aug. 19, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned the jail regained compliance with the TCJS.

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