Travis County Jail Inmate Dies After Becoming Unresponsive While Detained

TRAVIS COUNTY, TX -- An inmate was found dead in his jail cell after becoming unresponsive, Travis County Sheriff's Office officials said Monday.

The inmate was identified as Justin Daniel Dominguez, who was 24 years old. A sheriff's spokesman said the incident occurred June 11, when officials were alerted to a medical alarm set off at about 10 a.m. for an unresponsive inmate. Life-saving measures were conducted by corrections officer and jail medical staff until Austin Fire and Austin-Travis County EMS responded to the scene, TCSO spokesman Roger Wade said in a statement.

The inmate was transported to University Medical Center Brackenridge, where he was pronounced dead at 10:56 p.m.

Dominguez was a resident of Austin, Wade said. He had been arrested by the Austin Police Department on June 10 at 7:05 p.m., charged with assault with injury-family violence.

"Detectives from the Sheriff's Office Major Crimes Unit and the Internal Affairs Unit were called to the scene to start an investigation, which is standard practice in these cases," Wade said in his statement. "The Travis County Medical Examiner's Office was called to the hospital to start their investigation into the cause of death."

The factors that may have contributed to the man's death are still unknown, Wade said.

"While there was no immediate indication of the cause of death, detectives on scene said there was no evidence of foul play," the spokesman said.