BOSSIER CITY, La. â The Bossier City man who died while in police custody Tuesday ingested drugs and began convulsing before his death, sources close to the investigation tell KTBS.
The type of drug was not immediately known. There was no sign of trauma on the man s body, the sources said.
State police on Wednesday identified the man as 30-year-old Billy Ray Hill.
Troop G spokesman Trooper Brent Hardy confirmed via a news release that Hill died shortly after his arrest by Bossier City police. EMS was called after Hill became unconscious. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Hillâs body was sent to Little Rock, Ark., for an autopsy. Hardy said a toxicology panel is part of the autopsy to determine cause of death.
A Waterford, Conn., man who died after Louisiana sheriff s deputies fired at him following a car chase was armed with a handgun, state police said Friday.
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