Curtis Lee Lewis
Name: Curtis Lee Lewis
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 01/09/2005
Location: 500 block S 7th St
Temple, Texas, 76504
County: Bell
Agency: Temple Police Department
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Less-than-lethal force
Media summary: On Sunday around 11:50 p.m., officers responded to a fight call. Lewis, alone, laid in the street, thrashing and yelling. Neighbors said that he had destroyed the interior of his room. Officers put Lewis in a cuff-cord restraint, tying his cuffed wrists to his ankles, then took him to Scott and White Memorial Hospital. Lewis died at 12:48 a.m. Officers did not shoot, taser or strike Lewis. The Texas Ranger Division and Bell County District Attorney's Office investigated.
Unique ID: 3900
News article: Link
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