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Handcuffed Man Died After Police, Paramedics Called to Inner Sydney Apartment
SYDNEY, JUL 14 – The 45-year-old man died after paramedics attempted sedation during a welfare check, triggering a homicide squad investigation and independent oversight by authorities.
- A 45-year-old man died after paramedics and police responded to a welfare check at a Pitt Street unit in Waterloo, Sydney, early Tuesday morning.
- Paramedics initially attended the man who was believed to be suffering a mental health episode and urgently requested police assistance when he became aggressively resistant.
- Officers restrained the man using handcuffs while paramedics attempted sedation, and he subsequently fell unconscious and went into cardiac arrest before being transported to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.
- Assistant Commissioner McKenna stated that only handcuffs were used as restraints, body-worn camera footage will be part of the ongoing investigation, and both law enforcement and paramedics were present to assist the individual.
- Authorities declared the situation a critical incident and assigned the Homicide Squad within the State Crime Command to conduct the investigation, which will be independently reviewed under the supervision of the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission.
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