PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police say a man who died after running from officers in Portland apparently suffered a heart attack.
The man was a passenger in a car that was pulled over early Sunday because a tail light wasn’t working. He was wanted on a parole violation in a drug case.
Police say the man gave an officer false information and took off, jumping over three fences. He gave up when he was cornered behind a house and arrested without a struggle.
He stopped breathing in a police car and was taken to the Portland Adventist Medical Center where he died about two hours later. Police say hospital tests indicated he had used marijuana and methamphetamine.
