Inmate, 21, dies amid medical emergency inside Hennepin County Jail, sheriff says

Sheriff: Inmate, 21, dies inside Hennepin County Jail

MINNEAPOLIS — Investigators are trying to figure out how a man died Monday inside the Hennepin County Jail in downtown Minneapolis.

Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt said in a statement that a 21-year-old inmate had a medical emergency while nurses were caring for him in the jail's medical room.  

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Sheriff Witt didn't share the man's name, but said, "my thoughts are with that person's family and friends."

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