Tangipahoa Parish jail inmate’s death under investigation
TANGIPAHOA PARISH, La. (WGNO) — The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of an inmate that happened on Thursday, July 25.
Deputies report that at 5:45 a.m., 47-year-old Christopher Montrell Woodard told jail personnel that he was not feeling well but before he could make it to the medical, he became unresponsive.
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Woodard had been in custody since Monday, July 22 on an outstanding warrant and on charges of operating an off-road vehicle on the road and resisting an officer.
TPSO deputies said they called an ambulance as they performed life-saving measures. Woodard was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead, according to deputies.
The incident is under investigation and deputies say Woodard’s cause of death will be released after an autopsy is done.
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