SONOMA COUNTY, Calif. — A Northern California sheriff says he's firing a deputy who used a choke hold on a man, who later died, while officers were investigating a suspected carjacking.
Sonoma County Sheriff Mark Essick said Friday that Deputy Charles Blount's actions violated numerous department policies.
Body camera footage from officers shows the deputy smashing 52-year-old David Glenn Ward's head against the side of the car and putting him in a choke hold.
Ward was driving his own vehicle, but he had previously reported it stolen and did not tell police when he recovered it.
He fled police when they tried to pull him over. The cause of Ward's death has not been released.
More information from the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office is available HERE.
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