Travis County Jail inmate dies in cell hours after booking
By FOX 7 Austin Digital Team
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AUSTIN, Texas - The Travis County Sheriff s Office has reported a man has died in custody at Travis County Jail.
At 5:45 a.m. on July 27 TCSO says 32-year-old Christopher Delarosa of Austin was found unresponsive in his cell by a corrections officer who was performing visual checks.
TCSO says life-saving measures were immediately initiated by TCSO staff and ATCEMS took over upon their arrival. Efforts to resuscitate Delarosa were ultimately unsuccessful and he was pronounced deceased at 6:54 a.m.
The sheriff s office says Delarosa was brought to the Travis County Jail the morning of July 26 by an arresting agency, charged with Assault Causing Bodily Injury.