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AG launches probe after inmate death ruled homicide

Shaun Humphrey died in August after becoming combative with Erie County Holding Center guards, according to the AG's office.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The New York Attorney General’s Office has opened an investigation into the August death of an Erie County Holding Center inmate that’s been ruled a homicide.

Shaun Humphrey, 52, died at Buffalo General Hospital on Aug. 15, one week after an encounter with guards, according to a press release from the attorney general and Ashley Isaac, Humphrey’s daughter.

Humphrey appeared to be having a seizure, then became combative with guards who placed him in a prone position to apply handcuffs, according to the attorney general’s press release. He was taken to the hospital after becoming unresponsive, according to the attorney general.

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