Basim Maya
Name: Basim Maya
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 11/05/2002
Location: 100 block West Annabelle Street
Ferndale, Michigan, 48220
County: Oakland
Agency: Hazel Park Police Department, Ferndale Police Department
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Less-than-lethal force
Media summary: Police responded to Basim Maya's house after his family members called. They sought to have Maya, who was schizophrenic, involuntarily committed to a mental health facility. Maya had reportedly stopped taking his medication. According to police, officers used their hands and pepper gas to subdue Maya, but he resisted. The altercation escalated to "hand-to-hand" combat among Maya and five or six officers, police said. Maya died of asphyxia and deprivation of oxygen, according to Oakland County Medical Examiner L.J. Dragovic.
Unique ID: 20967
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