The shocking death of former Buccaneers running back Doug Martin is coming to light. According to the East Bay Times, he passed away while being held by the police.
When police responded to a 4:15 a.m. ET home invasion in Oakland, California, they discovered that Martin, 36, had died on Saturday morning.
According to reports, Martin was already experiencing a “medical emergency” when there was a “brief struggle.”
According to Oakland’s local Fox affiliate, the former Buccaneers and Raiders player apparently resisted arrest when police tried to take him into custody, went unconscious, and was taken to a hospital where he eventually passed away.
Sources confirmed to KTVU on Sunday evening that Martin, 36, died in a hospital after he became unresponsive following his arrest by OPD officers who were responding to reports of a possible break-in.
The backstory:
Officers were called about 4:15 a.m. on Saturday to a home in the 11000 block of Ettrick Street on reports of the break-in at the same time the department received reports of a person “experiencing a medical emergency” at the same location, the OPD told KTVU.
The department said officers found the suspect – later identified as Martin – inside. However, when they tried to detain him, he allegedly briefly resisted.
OPD officers managed to take him into custody, where he became unresponsive and was taken by paramedics to a hospital.
The OPD did not specify why Martin had been taken into custody.
The nature of Martin’s medical emergency was not known, and the OPD said its Homicide Section and Internal Affairs Bureau, as well as the Oakland City Police Commission, the Community Police Review Agency and the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office will be conducting an investigation into his death.
The police did not explain Martin’s detention, and it was not obvious what the “medical emergency” was. He was brought to a hospital by paramedics after he lost consciousness. Several law enforcement organizations are still looking into Martin’s cause of death.
