TUCSON, Ariz. — The Pima County Sheriff's Department is providing an update to the in-custody death investigation.
Investigators say the South Tucson Police Department started getting 911 calls at about 5:25 Monday evening. Callers reported a man in the middle of the road "behaving erratically."
Police told deputies the man was stopping traffic and pulling on door handles of moving cars.
Those same officers said the man, Terrill Anton Jones, refused to cooperate with them when they arrived on the scene; so, they tazed and then handcuffed the 32-year-old.
While in custody, the Pima Regional Critical Incident Team reported Jones as unresponsive. Their attempts to resuscitate him failed, and authorities pronounced him dead.
His next of kin was notified.
Updated on July 13, 2022 at 6:28 p.m.
The Pima Regional Critical Incident Team is currently investigating an in-custody death from Monday near 6th Avenue and 36th Street.
The dead man has been identified as Terrill Anton Jones.
Jones’ identity was confirmed partnering with Georgia law enforcement officials.
Jones was a suspect in an investigation and had an active arrest warrant for homicide out of the Smyrna Police Department, Georgia.
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The Pima County Sheriff's Department is reporting the Pima Regional Critical Incident team is investigating an in-custody death that happened Monday.
According to a release sent after 11 p.m., PCSD says the Team was conducting its investigation near 6th Avenue and 36th Street.
Details are limited at this time, but PCSD says the situation happened after the South Tucson Police Department attempted to take a suspect into custody.
The Sheriff's Department says more information will be released at a later time. So far, details about what led up to the arrest or why law enforcement was in the area has not been released.
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