STOCKTON, Calif. — An investigation is underway after a man died while in the custody of Stockton Police early Thursday morning.
The incident started as a disturbance call around 7 a.m. at an AMPM store in the 10700 block of Trinity Parkway in Northern Stockton. According to the report, a man was inside the store threatening an employee with a wine bottle. Officers soon arrived and got the man to come outside and sit down.
Not long after he sat down, police said the man "admitted to recent drug use" before he suddenly jumped up and took off running. Officers quickly tackled him to the ground and took him into custody, police said. While he was in custody, police said he continued to resist, that is when police said "one officer held the man down with his body while [another] officer used a baton pressed against the man’s shoulder to hold him down."
It was during this altercation that police said the man stopped breathing and was uncuffed. An officer tried to perform CPR before medics arrived and took over medical aid. The man was rushed to the hospital where he later died. An autopsy will be conducted to determine the cause of death.
Late Thursday night, authorities identified the suspect as 29-year-old Shayne Allen Sutherland.
Because of this incident, the Stockton Police Department began a “county-wide incident investigation” including the cooperation of the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office, San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office, and the California Department of Justice.
Officers and other witnesses are being interviewed and investigators said the officers had on bodyworn cameras. Other area security video is also being reviewed. No footage has been released at this time.
More information will be released as soon as it becomes available, investigators said.
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