Thursday, June 18, 2020 | 12:06 p.m.
An inmate at the Clark County Detention Center died Wednesday after suffering an apparent medical episode, Metro Police said.
The inmate was booked at the jail about 2:10 p.m. Monday on a count of attempting to use another person’s ID to avoid prosecution, police said.
About 7:50 a.m. Wednesday, a corrections officer checked on the inmate, who appeared to be having a medical episode, police said.
The inmate was taken to University Medical Center and pronounced dead about 4:20 p.m., police said.
The inmate did not have any police interaction prior to the medical episode, Metro said.
The inmate’s name, as well as the cause and manner of death, will be released by the Clark County Coroner’s Office, police said.
