NLV Police probe man’s death
Monday, Dec. 22, 2003 | 9:51 a.m.
Detectives are investigating the death of a 25-year-old man who was handcuffed and pepper-sprayed by North Las Vegas Police.
Police and medics went to the 2000 block of Hassell Avenue about 7:45 p.m. Tuesday after residents reported a naked man running around the neighborhood, Officer Justin Roberts said. Darryll Hicks appeared to play hide and seek with officers, darting in and out of a house, Roberts said.
He appeared to be under the influence of a controlled substance, and police subdued him with pepper spray, Roberts said.
"There were no batons, no tasers, no unusual excessive force," he said.
Officers handcuffed the man in order to get him medical care but did not arrest him, Roberts said. While en route to University Medical Center, he became unresponsive and shortly after arriving, he was pronounced dead, Roberts said.
Roberts said the officers who were involved are not on paid leave.
A spokeswoman for the Clark County coroner's office said the manner of death will be released when toxicology results are returned, which could take about a month.
archive
- Most Read
- Discussed
- Most E-mailed
- Fight snapshot: Reviewing “24/7 Pacquiao/Cotto,” episode 3
- Motorcyclist dies in Summerlin crash
- Buchanan was one of the city’s truly flamboyant characters
- Two injured in shooting in central valley
- Fight snapshot: Pacquiao is a hit with Jimmy Kimmel, and vice versa
- Google Maps glitch renames Henderson
- Rebels’ win raises a few what-ifs
- Wood: Not the renewable energy some had in mind
- Vegas is inspiring, but not buying, ideas for tourism ads
- Quagga mussels a toxic threat to Lake Mead
Blogs
Sports: Upon Further Review
Fight snapshot: Arum takes a pot shot during Pacquiao training (1 Comment)
Robin Leach's Las Vegas Celebrity Watch
Final Five have two routines each on Dancing With the Stars
The Coin Bucket
Blue Man Group at half price for locals
Elsewhere
Findlay Prep's Bradley fitting in at Texas (2 Comments)
Now and Then
I went to a hockey game and a New Mexico women's soccer match broke out (3 Comments)
Politics: The Early Line
Attention in D.C. focuses on health care proposals (1 Comment)
Elsewhere
Fedor v. Rogers delivers solid ratings on CBS (7 Comments)
Calendar »
- 10 Tue
- 11 Wed
- 12 Thu
- 13 Fri
- 14 Sat
-
Las Vegas Wranglers vs. Utah Grizzlies
Orleans Hotel-Casino
-
Leaving Springfield at Beauty Bar
Beauty Bar | 10 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.
-
Justin Sayne and Dignity at Moon
Moon Nightclub | 10:30 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.
-
Lily Tomlin at the Hollywood Theatre
Hollywood Theatre at MGM Grand
-
2nd Annual Go-Go Cup at Blush
Blush Boutique Nightclub | 10 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.
The Sun
Locally owned and independent for more than 50 years.
Technorati








