NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An inmate being held at the New Orleans jail on a Mississippi murder warrant died at a hospital where he was taken Tuesday after he was found unresponsive at the lockup, the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office said in a news release.
The statement says the inmate was revived at the jail, but died later at University Medical Center in New Orleans. His name was not immediately released. The sheriff’s office said he was being held on $1 million bond on a fugitive warrant from Mississippi.
The release said there were no signs of injury or self harm and that the preliminary examination by University Medical Center in New Orleans indicates he suffered cardiac arrest.