AG Investigating Death Of Man Restrained By Police In Cranston: Report

CRANSTON, RI — An investigation has opened into the death of a man who Cranston police put in restraints before emergency officials took him to the hospital, according to a spokesperson for Attorney General Peter Neronha's Office.

A spokesperson for the attorney general's office told WPRI the joint death investigation between the office, Cranston police and Rhode Island State Police stemmed from police responding to a Cranston hotel for a man needing medical assistance Thursday morning.

"At some point during the interaction, police assisted fire personnel by restraining the individual," Brian Hodge, a spokesperson for Neronha’s office, told WPRI 12.

The man was taken to Rhode Island Hospital in Providence and was pronounced dead there.

Patch has reached out to the attorney general's office and will update this story when we know more.

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