Man in police custody falls to death after breaking California hospital window with oxygen tank

SAN JOSE, CALIF. — SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A man in police custody died Thursday in Northern California after he broke a hospital's window with a m...

May 29, 2023
3:24 AM

SAN JOSE, CALIF. — SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A man in police custody died Thursday in Northern California after he broke a hospital's window with a metal oxygen tank and fell off a ledge following an altercation with an officer and a nurse, authorities said. The man was in custody because he had allegedly violated a court order, according to San Jose police. Officers took him to the hospital for an unspecified pre-existing medical condition. The man is accused of assaulting an officer and threatening to hit the officer and a nurse with the oxygen tank, police said.

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