Fatal Encounters

A step toward creating an impartial, comprehensive and searchable national database of people killed during interactions with police

Jamie Salinas

Name: Jamie Salinas
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 05/11/2017
Location: 2808 SE Industrial Park Blvd
Beeville, Texas, 78102
County: Bee
Agency: Bee County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Less-than-lethal force
Media summary: Deputies were called to the Coastal Plains MHMR clinic. Deputies discovered that the man had recently been committed to a mental health facility and was resisting attempts to be transported by EMS. He was eventually restrained and placed in a patrol unit to wait for a transport crew. He became unresponsive in the patrol car and died.
Unique ID: 20231

News article: Link






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