APPARENT JAIL SUICIDE
- BSO Case Number: BS09-11-00723
- PIO Number: 09-11-4
- Date: November 3, 2009
- Time: 9 p.m. Jurisdiction: BSO Main Jail
- Place of Occurrence: 555 SE 1 Avenue, Fort Lauderdale
Victim(s):
- John P. Hammond, 38, 7/5/71, male, 4952 S. Kay Street, Palm Beach Gardens (DECEASED)
Suspect(s):
- N/A
Description of Incident:
Broward Sheriff’s Office detectives are investigating the death of an inmate who hanged himself in his jail cell Tuesday night.
On November 3, a BSO detention deputy was conducting a security check around 9 p.m. when he was alerted by an inmate that his cellmate had just hanged himself. The deputy immediately got the victim, John Hammond, down and started cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) until relieved by medical staff. Hammond was transported to Broward General Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 9:48 p.m.
Hammond was in jail after being arrested in Dania Beach on October 27, 2009, by BSO deputies for grand theft auto, leaving the scene of an accident involving property damage and other traffic-related offenses.
Per departmental policy, BSO’s Homicide Unit investigates all unattended deaths. The Broward Medical Examiner’s Office will perform an autopsy to determine the cause and manner of death.
MEDIA NOTE: THIS NEWS RELEASE IS BEING ISSUED IN RESPONSE TO PREVIOUS MEDIA REQUESTS REGARDING NOTIFICATION OF JAIL SUICIDES.- INVESTIGATORS: Homicide Det. L. Rivera, RID & Homicide Sgt. G. Bukata, RID
- THIS REPORT BY: Veda Coleman-Wright/PIO Main Jail November 4, 2009 1615
Victim's Photo - John Hammond
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