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.