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Alleged shoplifter dies in Morgan Hill after store security guards detain him
By Lisa Fernandez
Mercury News
Article Launched: 11/28/2007 08:11:19 AM PST
Morgan Hill police said today that a 47-year-old man died after being detained by security guards at Safeway for allegedly stealing $700 worth of food and alcohol.
Cmdr. David Swing said the man, a Greenfield resident whom police have not identified, started to run out of the store at 840 E. Dunne Ave. about 4:15 p.m. Tuesday.
Security guards soon caught up with him and put him in handcuffs, which is when the guards told police the man became "unresponsive."
Police arrived within minutes and could not find the man's pulse. They tried CPR, Swing said, until medical crews came. The man was taken by ambulance to St. Louise Regional Hospital where he died.
The security guards, who police also did not identify, worked for Monument Security assigned to Safeway; they were not injured.
Their status at work, whether they were put on leave or not, was not immediately known. Police say the initial investigation indicates that no weapons were used during the struggle by the suspect or security guards.
Alleged shoplifter dies in Morgan Hill after store security guards detain him
By Lisa Fernandez
Mercury News
Article Launched: 11/28/2007 08:11:19 AM PST
Morgan Hill police said today that a 47-year-old man died after being detained by security guards at Safeway for allegedly stealing $700 worth of food and alcohol.
Cmdr. David Swing said the man, a Greenfield resident whom police have not identified, started to run out of the store at 840 E. Dunne Ave. about 4:15 p.m. Tuesday.
Security guards soon caught up with him and put him in handcuffs, which is when the guards told police the man became "unresponsive."
Police arrived within minutes and could not find the man's pulse. They tried CPR, Swing said, until medical crews came. The man was taken by ambulance to St. Louise Regional Hospital where he died.
The security guards, who police also did not identify, worked for Monument Security assigned to Safeway; they were not injured.
Their status at work, whether they were put on leave or not, was not immediately known. Police say the initial investigation indicates that no weapons were used during the struggle by the suspect or security guards.
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